[v11,4/4] NEWS: Add item for __memcmpeq

Message ID 20211022183718.1860579-4-goldstein.w.n@gmail.com
State Superseded
Headers
Series [v1] String: Add support for __memcmpeq() ABI on all targets |

Commit Message

Noah Goldstein Oct. 22, 2021, 6:37 p.m. UTC
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 NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
  

Patch

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b39b1e5e33..82b7016aef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@  Major new features:
   DSO sorting algorithms.  The default setting of '1' uses the current existing
   algorithm, while a value of '2' selects the new DFS-based algorithm.
 
+* ABI support for a new function '__memcmpeq'. '__memcmpeq' is meant
+  to be used by compilers for optimizing usage of 'memcmp' when its
+  return value is only used for its boolean status.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The r_version update in the debugger interface makes the glibc binary