mem: instrument allocator for ASan

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_21_11.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
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@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@ New Features
     * Pcapng format with timestamps and meta-data.
     * Fixes packet capture with stripped VLAN tags.
 
+* **Added ASan support.**
+
+  `AddressSanitizer
+  <https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>`_ (ASan)
+  is a widely-used debugging tool to detect memory access errors.
+  It helps to detect issues like use-after-free, various kinds of buffer
+  overruns in C/C++ programs, and other similar errors, as well as
+  printing out detailed debug information whenever an error is detected.
+
 
 Removed Items
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@@ -363,6 +372,10 @@ API Changes
    Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
    =======================================================
 
+* eal: The lcore state ``FINISHED`` is removed from
+  the ``enum rte_lcore_state_t``.
+  The lcore state ``WAIT`` is enough to represent the same state.
+
 * kvargs: The experimental function ``rte_kvargs_strcmp()`` has been
   removed. Its usages have been replaced by a new function
   ``rte_kvargs_get_with_value()``.