Musl libc 1.2.5 Released With RISC-V 32-bit & LoongArch 64-bit Ports

Musl libc 1.2.5 released on Thursday as the newest version of this lightweight, speedy, and free software C library implementation that is popular for embedded use, containers, and elsewhere.

With musl libc 1.2.5 there are extension functions for statx and preadv2/pwritev2 with fallback support for still working on older Linux kernels. Plus there are two new ports: loongarch64 for LoongArch 64-bit and riscv32 for RISC-V 32-bit architectures.

Musl libc 1.2.5 also has changes to printf functions for conformance to newer standards, TLSDESC support for RISC-V 64-bit, and numerous bug fixes. On the fixes front, RISC-V saw a number of bug fixes including around instruction cache flushing on RISC-V 64-bit.

More details on musl libc 1.2.5 via the release announcement. This open-source C library can be downloaded from musl.libc.org.