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@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Major new features: * On Linux, a new tunable, glibc.pthread.stack_cache_size, can be used to configure the size of the thread stack cache. +* The function _Fork has been added as an async-signal-safe fork replacement + since Austin Group issue 62 droped the async-signal-safe requirement for + fork (and it will be included in the future POSIX standard). The new _Fork + function does not run any atfork function neither resets any internal state + or lock (such as the malloc one), and only sets up a minimal state required + to call async-signal-safe functions (such as raise or execve). This function + is currently a GNU extension. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The function pthread_mutex_consistent_np has been deprecated; programs |