From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:39:03 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: NEWS: Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64
X-Git-Tag: glibc-2.39~49
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e2803cfd8bb00b54816d1a2c381d2cf82b136da6;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git

NEWS: Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64

Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64 for glibc 2.39.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16afc4f8696..72e9d70e1f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Version 2.39
 
 Major new features:
 
+* A new tunable, glibc.cpu.plt_rewrite, can be used to enable PLT
+  rewrite on x86-64.  When enabled with non-lazy binding, the dynamic
+  linker will rewrite indirect branches in PLT with direct branches.
+
 * Sync with Linux kernel 6.6 shadow stack interface.  The --enable-cet
   configure option in only supported on x86-64.