X-Git-Url: http://nsz.repo.hu/git/?p=musl;a=blobdiff_plain;f=WHATSNEW;h=6aca38803980250e1bc3b5a0b8c792acf725dbb4;hp=2958c623d59a3504e09503225a376dd5e865f2ce;hb=89d3df6e5420878e35a93a481105017a94a02852;hpb=8a996b7e6c3cf9f852bfcd2adf2ed68bf4725754 diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 2958c623..6aca3880 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -677,3 +677,189 @@ arm-specific bug fixes: build system: - only use expensive -ffloat-store cflag on archs/compilers that need it - make musl-gcc wrapper support -lgcc (mainly for self-hosting) + + + +0.9.4 release notes + +new features: +- blowfish crypt +- dynamic linking on mips +- arm hard float support +- BSD fgetln function in stdio +- minor header improvements for compatibility +- support for CROSS_COMPILE variable to configure +- legacy significand function +- better support for SUSv3-targeted programs + +performance: +- assembly (string ops based) memcpy for i386 and x86_64 +- reduce printf overhead + +bug fixes: +- failure of strtod, etc. to process extremely long strings correctly +- read overrun in wcsstr for short needles +- various major mips issues that prevented most software from working +- erroneous floating point exception behavior in i386/x86_64 exp asm +- crashes on null arguments to legacy err.h functions +- various header file/type issues +- extremely rare/obscure race condition with robust mutexes +- crypt now never returns null (most programs don't check, then crash) +- missing xattr remove functions + + + +0.9.5 release notes + +compatibility and headers: +- POSIX+XSI+BSD features enabled by default with no macros defined +- most programs can now be built without adding -D_GNU_SOURCE +- added C99 restrict keyword where required in all prototypes +- greater C89 compatibility +- cleaner, more-compatible public syscall.h +- many other header fixes +- support for compiling musl with clang/llvm + +new features: +- sha 256/512 password hash functions in crypt +- GNU hash support in dynamic linker +- partial C11 coverage +- dladdr function added +- dynamic linker reports all errors instead of exiting on first error +- syscall wrappers added for most remaining linux syscalls +- provide POSIX O_SEARCH open mode using linux O_PATH + +bug fixes: +- most atexit functions were being skipped when exiting +- some BSD functions were not being exposed under _BSD_SOURCE +- issues loading ssp-protected DSO into non-ssp program with dlopen + +debloating: +- eliminate .eh_frame (10-15% loaded size bloat) +- optimal inline syscall asm for ARM and MIPS +- no longer force -O3 for shared libs + + + +0.9.6 release notes + +bug fixes: +- serious breakage in definition of O_ACCMODE mask (missing a bit) + +new features: +- O_EXEC open mode +- md5 crypt hash function + + + +0.9.7 release notes + +new features: +- thread-local storage (__thread/_Thread_local) +- microblaze port +- getopt option parsing reset support +- vsyscall (sysenter, etc.) support on i386 (faster syscalls) +- memmem function (GNU extension) +- mips fenv support +- accept "nan(n-char-sequence)" in strtod/scanf family functions +- configure now supports compiling with pcc + +quality and correctness improvements: +- close-on-exec flag for all library-internal file descriptors +- cancellation-safety and corner-case overhaul in shm_open/sem_open +- close EINTR vs EINPROGRESS issue +- mark binaries as not requiring executable stack +- better gdb compatibility in dynamic linker +- support recursive dlopen (dlopen called from constructors) +- posix_spawn/system/popen no longer momentarily double commit charge +- all stdio functions wait for locks + +bug fixes: +- broken sysvipc *ctl functions on 64-bit archs +- broken shmdt on some archs +- getaddrinfo failure with port "0" +- dirname handling of trailing slash +- vfork race in posix_spawn + + + +0.9.8 release notes + +new features: +- powerpc port +- dl_iterate_phdr interface +- added mips-specific syscalls +- thread priority scheduling +- C11 CMPLX macro in complex.h +- x86 port io functions in sys/io.h + +compatibility: +- improved headers for trace/debugging/machine-access +- stub functions for unsupported thread-related functionality + +bug fixes: +- numerous math bugs (mostly exception flags and excess-precision issues) +- register clobber error in i386 vsyscall asm (did not affect most callers) +- various incorrect definitions in mips headers +- broken dlsym asm on mips +- empty prefix handling in configure script (--prefix="") +- ldso search path logic issues +- lock handling for stdio memory streams at exit time +- invalid SO_REUSEPORT definition in socket.h (not supported by Linux) +- broken redirection attempt to /dev/null in configure script + + + +0.9.9 release notes + +new features: +- tgamma implementation (no longer lgamma wrapper with low precision) +- various gnu extensions: sigandset, sigorset, etc. +- futimesat function (obsolete) +- various linux syscalls: arch_prctl, personality, etc. + +optimizations: +- hyperbolic, inverse hyperbolic, and inverse trig, bessel functions +- is* comparison macros in math.h now expand inline properly + +library bugs fixed: +- calling getenv from shared library ctors was broken +- invalid read in mmap-serviced aligned_alloc/memalign (possible crash) +- wrong errno result in fallback path of pipe2 +- various math functions raising spurious exceptions +- mmap errno value on invalid offsets +- backwards alignment logic in strlcpy +- integer overflows in bessel functions +- large (up to 60ulp) error in erfcf +- dlsym/dlclose crashing on invalid library handles +- failure to handle arch variations for cloexec/nonblock flags +- lio_listio wrong return value for LIO_WAIT mode +- dladdr failure to resolve PLT addresses +- time_t/struct tm conversion off-by-one-day in december +- malloc corruption on nonstandard kernels with non-page-aligned brk + +arch-specific bugs fixed: +- arm ctors/dtors were not working with recent gcc versions +- arm and mips setjmp/longjmp wrongly saved/restored fenv state +- loss of precision in i386/x86_64 expl + +header bugs fixed: +- incorrect PRI/SCN macros in inttypes.h for some types +- arm sys/user.h regressions +- failure of offsetof() to be an integer constant expression +- tgmath return value type problems + +header compatibility improvements: +- _GNU_SOURCE now enables everything; _ALL_SOURCE also works +- scsi/scsi.h and scsi/sg.h are now provided +- additional MAP_* flags for mmap +- additional F_* commands and flags for fcntl +- additional socket option, IPPROTO_* values, and multicase macros +- thread-related waitpid flags +- EHWPOISON added to errno.h +- additional macros for mount, swap, and reboot operations +- expose additional link.h structures +- always ensure sizeof(NULL)==sizeof(void *), even in c++ +- additional flags for poll, epoll, inotify, timerfd, timex, dlfcn +- register names in signal.h/ucontext.h for x86 +- ipc.h ipc_perm nonstandard struct field name compatibility improve