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@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ Major new features: * The ISO C2X macro _PRINTF_NAN_LEN_MAX has been added to <stdio.h>. +* A new DSO sorting algorithm has been added in the dynamic linker that uses + topological sorting by depth-first search (DFS), solving performance issues + of the existing sorting algorithm when encountering particular circular + object dependency cases. + +* A new tunable, glibc.rtld.dynamic_sort, can be used to select between the two + DSO sorting algorithms. The default setting of '1' uses the current existing + algorithm, while a value of '2' selects the new DFS-based algorithm. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The r_version update in the debugger interface makes the glibc binary |