From c204ab284bc3ef492f5a5201bd6131032bfd471a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Siddhesh Poyarekar Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:12:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Fix NEWS entry about clock precision Text by Roland McGrath. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ NEWS | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b32cced76f..985173df5e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-06-13 Siddhesh Poyarekar + + * NEWS: Fix note on clock function precision. Text by Roland + McGrath. + 2013-06-13 Roland McGrath * elf/Makefile ($(objpfx)ld.so): Link into a temporary file and move diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 587fa3a594..42dfecea98 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Version 2.18 * New macro named issignaling to check for a signaling NaN (sNaN). It is based on draft TS 18661 and currently enabled as a GNU extension. -* Improved precision of the clock() function on Linux. +* On Linux, the clock function now uses the clock_gettime system call + for improved precision, rather than old times system call. Version 2.17