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Re: [PATCH][RFC] Make malloc routines use mmap if heap is corrupt


On 09/27/2011 04:09 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Should I add the missing ChangeLog (and follow the rest of the
> checklist too) and post here or directly on libc-alpha?

Well I think you should post directly on libc-alpha, since those who can
really review your patch probably don't read libc-help list at all.

> +/* Set if a memory corruption is detected and if we're about to abort().
> +   That way, the heap is no longer touched by the alloc routines and we
> +   also avoid any deadlocks that may result from the loader or other
> +   threads trying to allocate memory in the same heap. This is only set if
> +   we're trying to print a backtrace and a memory map information before
> +   we abort. */

Two spaces after every sentence.

	Marek


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