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From: <sv...@va...> - 2012-06-16 19:02:37
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bart 2012-06-16 20:02:25 +0100 (Sat, 16 Jun 2012)
New Revision: 12646
Log:
NEWS: add information about post-3.7.0 DRD changes
Modified files:
trunk/NEWS
Modified: trunk/NEWS (+9 -0)
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--- trunk/NEWS 2012-06-16 19:51:16 +01:00 (rev 12645)
+++ trunk/NEWS 2012-06-16 20:02:25 +01:00 (rev 12646)
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
a program using statically linked malloc or using alternative
malloc libraries (such as tcmalloc).
+* DRD:
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+ - Fixed a subtle bug that could cause false positive data race reports.
+
+ - Added even more facilities that can help finding the cause of a data
+ race, namely the command-line option --ptrace-addr and the macro
+ DRD_STOP_TRACING_VAR(x). More information can be found in the manual.
+
* ==================== OTHER CHANGES ====================
* The C++ demangler has been updated so as to work well with C++
@@ -100,6 +108,7 @@
n-i-bz s390x: Shadow registers can now be examined using vgdb
297078 gdbserver signal handling problems caused by diff vki nr/gdb nr
and non reset of "C-ontinued" signal
+297147 drd false positives on newly allocated memory
297991 Valgrind interferes with mmap()+ftell()
297992 Support systems missing WIFCONTINUED (e.g. pre-2.6.10 Linux)
297993 Fix compilation of valgrind with gcc -g3.
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