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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2012-03-30 11:30:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2012-03-30 11:30:13 +0000 |
| commit | e612307024b1578d137ea50b70315b81aeeb248b (patch) | |
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* cygwinenv.sgml (cygwinenv-implemented-options): Add detect_bloda.
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.12): Add list items for the change to
flock and the detect_bloda CYGWIN option.
* overview2.sgml (ov-hi-process-problems): Add a reference to the
detect_bloda CYGWIN option.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index a5216f8..bffe47d 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ POSIX devices. Add virtual /proc/PID/mountinfo file. </para></listitem> +<listitem><para> +flock now additionaly supports the following scenario, which requires + to propagate locks to the parent process: + + ( + flock -n 9 || exit 1 + # ... commands executed under lock ... + } 9>/var/lock/mylockfile + + Only propagation to the direct parent process is supported so far, + not to grand parents or sibling processes. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Add a "detect_bloda" setting for the CYGWIN environment variable to help +finding potential BLODAs. +</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> |