[PowerPC] Aliases for vector registers

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / NEWS

diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
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@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a limit on the
+  maximum amount of recursion that is allowed whilst demangling strings.
+  The value for this limit is defined by the DEMANGLE_RECRUSE_LIMIT
+  constant declared in the include/demangle.h header file.  At the time
+  of writing this constant has the value of 2048.
+
+  The --no-recurse-limit option can be used to remove the limit, restoring
+  the behaviour of earlier versions of these tools.  This may be needed in
+  order to dmangle truly complicated names, but it also leaves the tools
+  vulnerable to stack exhaustion from maliciously constructed mangled names.
+
+* Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter, specifying the
+  starting symbol for disassembly.  Disassembly will continue from this
+  symbol up to the next symbol.
+
 * The MIPS port now supports the Loongson 2K1000 processor which implements
   the MIPS64r2 ISA, the Loongson-mmi ASE, Loongson-cam ASE, Loongson-ext ASE,
   Loongson-ext2 ASE and MSA ASE instructions. Add -march=gs264e option for
@@ -625,7 +640,7 @@ Changes in binutils 2.1:
   and/or local symbols only.  They now also support long options.
 
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