X-Git-Url: http://nsz.repo.hu/git/?p=musl;a=blobdiff_plain;f=WHATSNEW;h=da17d1c405cce4da4eb86171911c5b0ce42ceb1f;hp=696cc7742cf89d7f9913ce7048c4dc6c1368c001;hb=25ce7621e0cbbbc7d31f016f0840a07b12e68912;hpb=8d07a0350ef2cfa209db05980ffa0b916744f3d4 diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 696cc774..da17d1c4 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 0.5.0 - initial release + + 0.5.9 - signal ABI bugfix, various cleanup and fixes: sigset_t was wrongly defined as 1024 bytes instead of 1024 bits, @@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ respectively. many internal improvements have been made to the syscall-related code in preparation for porting to x86_64 and other archs. + + 0.6.0 - x86_64 port, various important bugs fixed new x86_64 (amd64) architecture port, contributed by Nicholas J. Kain, @@ -39,7 +43,9 @@ internal compiler error) in some versions of gcc. fixed a major bug in the printf %n specifier that prevented it from working and caused memory corruption. -UPCOMING RELEASE - major posix conformance improvements + + +0.7.0 - major improvements to posix conformance and completeness implemented posix shared memory and semaphore interfaces. @@ -52,12 +58,88 @@ denial of service due to intentional name collisions. added syscall wrappers for the linux inotify interface. -malloc(0) now returns a non-null pointer +malloc(0) now returns a non-null pointer. -fixed printf %n specifier (again). +fixed printf %n specifier (again), pthread_once (it was always +hanging), and non-default-type mutex behavior. added ucontext/sigcontext support in headers to facilitate building libgcc with dwarf2 unwind support, and possibly other low-level tools. +improved musl-gcc compiler wrapper. + implemented many small missing functions here and there, minor header fixes, etc. + + + +0.7.1 - improvements to completeness, bug fixes + +implemented flockfile, wprintf, and robust mutex functions. + +fixed stack corruption bug in times(), minor header bugs, and some +error return value bugs in thread interfaces. + + + +0.7.5 - new features, major optimization, and robustness + +implemented POSIX timers. + +optimized and simplified many thread-related functions. + +eliminated resource leak races in thread cancellation. (almost all +existing implementations, including glibc, have these leaks.) + +overhauled stdio implementation to take advantage of readv/writev for +reduced syscall load, and improved stdio's handling of error status. + +added syscall header and interface for applications to use and +greatly simplified internal system for making syscalls. + +strangthened tmpnam/tempnam/tmpfile filename generation and made the +straight C functions not depend on POSIX symbols. + +fixed pthread cancellation ABI on i386 to match the LSB/glibc ABI + +better double-free handling in malloc + +various minor bug fixes + + + +0.7.6 - major bug fixes + +fixed rare but serious under-allocation bug in malloc. + +fixed signedness bug in strchr that prevented finding high bytes. + +fixed serious parsing bugs in strtold. + +fixed statvfs syscall (it was always failing with EINVAL). + +fixed race condition in set*id() functions with threads (possible +deadlock). further audit still needed though. + +fseek no longer sets the stream error flag on failed seeks (this was +wrong and broke some programs, notably GNU m4). + +nl_langinfo is no longer a dummy function. (the functionality was +previously implemented but accidentally left unused). + +various small fixes have been made to the implementations and +prototypes for nonstandard and obsolete functions + + + +next release - more bug fixes + +fixed floating point formatting and rounding bugs in printf. + +fixed broken %N$ positional argument specifiers in printf. + +fixed misaligned read/overread bug in strchr which could lead to +crashes scanning tiny strings at the end of a page when the next page +is not readable, or on archs (not yet supported) that forbid +misaligned reads. +