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commit 155f489a29ecc7d7b9b66e435739e69f40653562
parent b992db748b9ffe8d88d609950f5da28b5a1db135
Author: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
Date:   Sun,  8 Nov 2020 09:36:05 +0000

 Add mention of ipc_bind_reuse_lock() to changelog

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NEWS
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doc/upgrade.html
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2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ In 2.9.4.0
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  - New openc_* functions.
+ - New function: ipc_bind_reuse_lock(), taking a lock before
+unconditionally deleting the socket.
+ - ipc_bind_reuse() rewritten to use ipc_bind_reuse_lock(),
+so it does the right thing instead of clobbering sockets.
 
 
 In 2.9.3.0
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 <ul>
  <li> New <tt>openc_*</tt> functions, which are O_CLOEXEC versions of the
 <a href="libstddjb/djbunix.html">djbunix.h</a> <tt>open_*</tt> functions. </li>
+ <li> New <tt>ipc_bind_reuse_lock()</tt> function, which takes a lock before
+deleting a Unix domain socket. The <tt>ipc_bind_reuse()</tt> function now
+uses it, so it won't unconditionally clobber sockets in the filesystem anymore. </li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2> in 2.9.3.0 </h2>