1.0.26.13: OpenBSD x86-64 support

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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+changes in sbcl-1.0.27 relative to 1.0.26:
+  * new port: support added for x86-64 OpenBSD. (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
+  * bug fix: a type error is signaled for attempts to use the LOOP
+    keyword ACROSS for a NIL value. (thanks to Daniel Lowe)
+
 changes in sbcl-1.0.26 relative to 1.0.25:
-  * incompatible change: the interruption (be it a function passed to
+  * incompatible change: an interruption (be it a function passed to
     INTERRUPT-THREAD or a timer function) runs in an environment where
     interrupts can be enabled. The interruption can use
     WITH-INTERRUPTS or WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS as it sees fit. Use
     WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS to avoid nesting of interruptions and
-    potentially running out of stack. Keep in mind that in the absance
+    potentially running out of stack. Keep in mind that in the absence
     of WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS some potentially blocking operation such as
     acquiring a lock can enable interrupts.
-  * incompatible change: GC-OFF and GC-ON are removed, they were
+  * incompatible change: GC-OFF and GC-ON are removed, as they were
     always unsafe. Use WITHOUT-GCING instead.
   * new feature: runtime option --disable-ldb
   * new feature: runtime option --lose-on-corruption to die at the
@@ -16,6 +21,8 @@ changes in sbcl-1.0.26 relative to 1.0.25:
     memory, stack, alien stack, binding stack, encountering a memory
     fault, etc. In the absence of --lose-on-corruption a warning is
     printed to stderr.
+  * enhancement: detect binding stack exhaustion
+  * enhancement: detect alien stack exhaustion on x86/x86-64
   * improvement: generally more stable and reliable interrupt handling
   * improvement: there is a per thread interruption queue,
     interruptions are executed in order of arrival
@@ -34,8 +41,12 @@ changes in sbcl-1.0.26 relative to 1.0.25:
     fault.
   * bug fix: finalizers, gc hooks never run in a WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS
   * bug fix: fix random memory faults related to interrupts on alpha
+  * bug fix: fix random memory faults related to interrupts on sparc
   * bug fix: fix deadlocks related to starting threads
   * bug fix: fix deadlines on locks on futex platforms
+  * bug fix: restore errno in signal handlers
+  * bug fix: fix deadlocks related to hash tables
+  * bug fix: fix deadlocks in pcl
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.25 relative to 1.0.24:
   * incompatible change: SB-INTROSPECT:FUNCTION-ARGLIST is deprecated, to be