From 286286283e9bdc7ef894306e2dbcf4c115b97ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adhemerval Zanella Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:26:31 -0300 Subject: linux: Add close_range It was added on Linux 5.9 (278a5fbaed89) with CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC added on 5.11 (582f1fb6b721f). Although FreeBSD has added the same syscall, this only adds the symbol on Linux ports. This syscall is required to provided a fail-safe way to implement the closefrom symbol (BZ #10353). Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu and i686-linux-gnu on kernel 5.11 and 4.15. --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8e72946..be04b21 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Major new features: to call async-signal-safe functions (such as raise or execve). This function is currently a GNU extension. +* On Linux, the close_range function has been added. It allows efficiently + closing a range of file descriptors on recent kernels (version 5.9). + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The function pthread_mutex_consistent_np has been deprecated; programs -- cgit v1.1