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[PATCH v4 11/12] Update NEWS for new _clockwait and _clocklock functions


* NEWS: Mention recently-added pthread_cond_clockwait,
	pthread_mutex_clocklock, pthread_rwlock_clockrdlock,
	pthread_rwlock_clockwrlock and sem_clockwait functions.
---
 ChangeLog |  6 ++++++
 NEWS      |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a213eb1..984275c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-05-27  Mike Crowe  <mac@mcrowe.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention recently-added pthread_cond_clockwait,
+	pthread_rwlock_clockrdlock, pthread_rwlock_clockwrlock and
+	sem_clockwait functions.
+
 2019-05-31  Mike Crowe  <mac@mcrowe.com>
 
 	nptl: Add POSIX-proposed pthread_mutex_clocklock function that
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8a2fece..653a69d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ Major new features:
   pointer subtraction within the allocated object, where results might
   overflow the ptrdiff_t type.
 
+* Add new POSIX-proposed pthread_cond_clockwait, pthread_mutex_clocklock,
+  pthread_rwlock_clockrdlock, pthread_rwlock_clockwrlock and sem_clockwait
+  functions. These behave similarly to their "timed" equivalents, but also
+  accept a clockid_t parameter to determine which clock their timeout should
+  be measured against. All functions allow waiting against CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+  and CLOCK_REALTIME. The decision of which clock to be used is made at the
+  time of the wait (unlike with pthread_condattr_setclock, which requires
+  the clock choice at initialization time.)
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The functions clock_gettime, clock_getres, clock_settime,
-- 
git-series 0.9.1


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