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@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ Major new features: pthread_attr_getsigmask_np have been added. They allow applications to specify the signal mask of a thread created with pthread_create. +* Support for automatically registering threads with the Linux rseq + system call has been added. This system call is implemented starting + from Linux 4.18. The Restartable Sequences ABI accelerates user-space + operations on per-cpu data. It allows user-space to perform updates + on per-cpu data without requiring heavy-weight atomic operations. + Automatically registering threads allows all libraries, including libc, + to make immediate use of the rseq support by using the documented ABI. + The GNU C Library manual has details on integration of Restartable + Sequences. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been |