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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index d33b7eb..06c7c6a 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ New Features (DER - 2018/12/30, HDFFV-10566) + - Changed the default behavior in parallel when reading the same dataset in its entirely + (i.e. H5S_ALL dataset selection) which is being read by all the processes collectively. + The dataset mush be contiguous, less than 2GB, and of an atomic datatype. + The new behavior is the HDF5 library will use an MPI_Bcast to pass the data read from + the disk by the root process to the remain processes in the MPI communicator associated + with the HDF5 file. + + (MSB - 2019/01/02, HDFFV-10652) Fortran Library: ---------------- @@ -209,6 +217,22 @@ New Features (DER - 2019/01/09, TRILAB-45) + - Added new Fortran derived type, c_h5o_info_t, which is interoperable with + C's h5o_info_t. This is needed for callback functions which + pass C's h5o_info_t data type definition. + + (MSB, 2019/01/08, HDFFV-10443) + + - Added new Fortran API, H5gmtime, which converts (C) 'time_t' structure + to Fortran DATE AND TIME storage format. + + (MSB, 2019/01/08, HDFFV-10443) + + - Added new Fortran 'fields' optional parameter to: h5ovisit_f, h5oget_info_by_name_f, + h5oget_info, h5oget_info_by_idx and h5ovisit_by_name_f. + + (MSB, 2019/01/08, HDFFV-10443) + C++ Library: ------------ - @@ -384,6 +408,284 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.3 release (MSB, 2018/12/04, HDFFV-10511) +<<<<<<< HEAD +======= + - Fixed issue with Fortran not returning h5o_info_t field values + meta_size%attr%index_size and meta_size%attr%heap_size. + + (MSB, 2018/1/8, HDFFV-10443) + + + Tools + ----- + - + + High-Level APIs: + ------ + - + + Fortran High-Level APIs: + ------ + - + + Documentation + ------------- + - + + F90 APIs + -------- + - + + C++ APIs + -------- + - + + Testing + ------- + +Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.2 release +================================== + + Library + ------- + - Java HDF5LibraryException class + + The error minor and major values would be lost after the + constructor executed. + + Created two local class variables to hold the values obtained during + execution of the constructor. Refactored the class functions to retrieve + the class values rather then calling the native functions. + The native functions were renamed and called only during execution + of the constructor. + Added error checking to calling class constructors in JNI classes. + + (ADB - 2018/08/06, HDFFV-10544) + + - Added checks of the defined MPI_VERSION to guard against usage of + MPI-3 functions in the Parallel Compression and "big Parallel I/O" + features when HDF5 is built with MPI-2. Previously, the configure + step would pass but the build itself would fail when it could not + locate the MPI-3 functions used. + + As a result of these new checks, HDF5 can again be built with MPI-2, + but the Parallel Compression feature will be disabled as it relies + on the MPI-3 functions used. + + (JTH - 2018/08/02, HDFFV-10512) + + - User's patches: CVEs + + The following patches have been applied: + + CVE-2018-11202 - NULL pointer dereference was discovered in + H5S_hyper_make_spans in H5Shyper.c (HDFFV-10476) + https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11202 + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-11202 + + CVE-2018-11203 - A division by zero was discovered in + H5D__btree_decode_key in H5Dbtree.c (HDFFV-10477) + https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11203 + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-11203 + + CVE-2018-11204 - A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in + H5O__chunk_deserialize in H5Ocache.c (HDFFV-10478) + https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11204 + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-11204 + + CVE-2018-11206 - An out of bound read was discovered in + H5O_fill_new_decode and H5O_fill_old_decode in H5Ofill.c + (HDFFV-10480) + https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11206 + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-11206 + + CVE-2018-11207 - A division by zero was discovered in + H5D__chunk_init in H5Dchunk.c (HDFFV-10481) + https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11207 + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-11207 + + (BMR - 2018/7/22, PR#s: 1134 and 1139, + HDFFV-10476, HDFFV-10477, HDFFV-10478, HDFFV-10480, HDFFV-10481) + + - H5Adelete + + H5Adelete failed when deleting the last "large" attribute that + is stored densely via fractal heap/v2 b-tree. + + After removing the attribute, update the ainfo message. If the + number of attributes goes to zero, remove the message. + + (VC - 2018/07/20, HDFFV-9277) + + - A bug was discovered in the parallel library which caused partial + parallel reads of filtered datasets to return incorrect data. The + library used the incorrect dataspace for each chunk read, causing + the selection used in each chunk to be wrong. + + The bug was not caught during testing because all of the current + tests which do parallel reads of filtered data read all of the data + using an H5S_ALL selection. Several tests were added which exercise + partial parallel reads. + + (JTH - 2018/07/16, HDFFV-10467) + + - A bug was discovered in the parallel library which caused parallel + writes of filtered datasets to trigger an assertion failure in the + file free space manager. + + This occurred when the filter used caused chunks to repeatedly shrink + and grow over the course of several dataset writes. The previous chunk + information, such as the size of the chunk and the offset in the file, + was being cached and not updated after each write, causing the next write + to the chunk to retrieve the incorrect cached information and run into + issues when reallocating space in the file for the chunk. + + (JTH - 2018/07/16, HDFFV-10509) + + - A bug was discovered in the parallel library which caused the + H5D__mpio_array_gatherv() function to allocate too much memory. + + When the function is called with the 'allgather' parameter set + to a non-true value, the function will receive data from all MPI + ranks and gather it to the single rank specied by the 'root' + parameter. However, the bug in the function caused memory for + the received data to be allocated on all MPI ranks, not just the + singular rank specified as the receiver. In some circumstances, + this would cause an application to fail due to the large amounts + of memory being allocated. + + (JTH - 2018/07/16, HDFFV-10467) + + - Error checks in h5stat and when decoding messages + + h5stat exited with seg fault/core dumped when + errors are encountered in the internal library. + + Add error checks and --enable-error-stack option to h5stat. + Add range checks when decoding messages: old fill value, old + layout and refcount. + + (VC - 2018/07/11, HDFFV-10333) + + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound datatype with a + suitably large offset, the type conversion code can run off + the end of the type conversion buffer, causing a segmentation + fault. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17507. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + THE HDF GROUP WILL NOT FIX THIS BUG AT THIS TIME + + Fixing this problem would involve updating the publicly visible + H5T_conv_t function pointer typedef and versioning the API calls + which use it. We normally only modify the public API during + major releases, so this bug will not be fixed at this time. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10356) + + Configuration + ------------- + - Applied patches to address Cywin build issues + + There were three issues for Cygwin builds: + - Shared libs were not built. + - The -std=c99 flag caused a SIG_SETMASK undeclared error. + - Undefined errors when buildbing test shared libraries. + + Patches to address these issues were received and incorporated in this version. + + (LRK - 2018/07/18, HDFFV-10475) + + - Moved the location of gcc attribute. + + The gcc attribute(no_sanitize), named as the macro HDF_NO_UBSAN, + was located after the function name. Builds with GCC 7 did not + indicate any problem, but GCC 8 issued errors. Moved the + attribute before the function name, as required. + + (ADB - 2018/05/22, HDFFV-10473) + + - Reworked java test suite into individual JUnit tests. + + Testing the whole suite of java unit tests in a single JUnit run + made it difficult to determine actual failures when tests would fail. + Running each file set of tests individually, allows individual failures + to be diagnosed easier. A side benefit is that tests for optional components + of the library can be disabled if not configured. + + (ADB - 2018/05/16, HDFFV-9739) + + - Converted CMake global commands ADD_DEFINITIONS and INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES + to use target_* type commands. This change modernizes the CMake usage + in the HDF5 library. + + In addition, there is the intention to convert to generator expressions, + where possible. The exception is Fortran FLAGS on Windows Visual Studio. + The HDF macros TARGET_C_PROPERTIES and TARGET_FORTRAN_PROPERTIES have + been removed with this change in usage. + + The additional language (C++ and Fortran) checks have also been localized + to only be checked when that language is enabled. + + (ADB - 2018/05/08) + + Performance + ------------- + - + + Fortran + -------- + - + + Tools + ----- + - + + High-Level APIs: + ------ + - + + Fortran High-Level APIs: + ------ + - + + Documentation + ------------- + - + + F90 APIs + -------- + - + + C++ APIs + -------- + - Adding default arguments to existing functions + + Added the following items: + + Two more property list arguments are added to H5Location::createDataSet: + const DSetAccPropList& dapl = DSetAccPropList::DEFAULT + const LinkCreatPropList& lcpl = LinkCreatPropList::DEFAULT + + + One more property list argument is added to H5Location::openDataSet: + const DSetAccPropList& dapl = DSetAccPropList::DEFAULT + + (BMR - 2018/07/21, PR# 1146) + + - Improvement C++ documentation + + Replaced the table in main page of the C++ documentation from mht to htm format + for portability. + + (BMR - 2018/07/17, PR# 1141) + + Testing + ------- + +>>>>>>> fb5d83e146... Updated Fortran Bug and new features Supported Platforms =================== |