[master] db424c0 Document the addition of debug:vmod_so_keep to 5.2.

Geoff Simmons geoff at uplex.de
Wed Sep 13 12:05:05 UTC 2017


commit db424c0c1f5670ccd1b6a535d6c97585055dd713
Author: Geoff Simmons <geoff at uplex.de>
Date:   Wed Sep 13 14:04:26 2017 +0200

    Document the addition of debug:vmod_so_keep to 5.2.

diff --git a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
index 3aee8c2..6e2a489 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.2.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ We have updated the documentation for :ref:`ref_param_send_timeout`,
 :ref:`ref_param_idle_send_timeout`, :ref:`ref_param_timeout_idle` and
 :ref:`ref_param_ban_cutoff`.
 
+Added the debug bit ``vmod_so_keep``, see :ref:`ref_param_debug` and
+the notes about changes for developers below.
+
 Changes to VCL
 ==============
 
@@ -137,6 +140,11 @@ Other changes
     development of client apps, is now publicly available, see
     :ref:`whatsnew_vut_5.2`.
 
+  * The debug bit ``vmod_so_keep`` instructs Varnish not to clean
+    up its copies of VMOD shared objects when it stops. This makes
+    it possible for VMOD authors to load their code into a debugger
+    after a varnishd crash. See :ref:`ref_param_debug`.
+
   * *XXX: anything else, such as sanitizer flags?*
 
   * *XXX: ...*


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