From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>, 22086@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22086: 25.1.50; [PATCH] Integrate the musl hybrid malloc patch for elf systems
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:28:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85si2vd83w.fsf@iznogoud.viz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5678318C.5030503@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:06:20 -0800")
On Mon, Dec 21 2015, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Wolfgang Jenkner wrote:
>>> The simpler approach is to remove gmalloc.c, and to use the system
>>> >memory allocator, i.e., to behave as if SYSTEM_MALLOC is defined on
>>> >all platforms.
>> The system malloc can't manage the "static heap" array implemented in
>> sheap.c (because usually there's no malloc_hook), so, presumably this
>> would be ditched as well. So... I wonder what you are proposing here.
>
> If we don't need the static heap, then let's ditch it.
Is it needed for what you have in mind?
> If we do need
> it, then let's have our own allocator (named emalloc, say), which uses
> the static heap and/or the system malloc as needed.
Well, that's exactly what hybrid malloc does.
> Regardless, we
> shouldn't be trying to redefine 'malloc', nor should we be supplying
> our own allocator merely because that was a good idea back in 1989.
Isn't this a minor problem since it concerns only those systems which
will still need the malloc from src/gmalloc.c after dumping (non-ELF
unix-like systems)?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-21 17:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-03 17:57 bug#22086: 25.1.50; [PATCH] Integrate the musl hybrid malloc patch for elf systems Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-16 8:28 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-16 17:15 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-16 17:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-17 13:16 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-17 16:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-17 16:26 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-18 0:06 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-18 6:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-18 13:15 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-18 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-20 22:33 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 1:59 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-21 2:37 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 2:51 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-21 11:10 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 18:01 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-23 8:24 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 3:37 ` Ken Brown
2015-12-21 4:06 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-21 12:24 ` Ken Brown
2015-12-21 20:08 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-12-21 20:49 ` Rich Felker
2015-12-21 20:58 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-12-21 3:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-21 11:18 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-12-21 17:11 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 15:14 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-21 15:46 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2015-12-21 17:06 ` Paul Eggert
2015-12-21 17:28 ` Wolfgang Jenkner [this message]
2015-12-23 8:31 ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-30 9:17 ` bug#22086: 25.1.50; [PATCH] Integrate the musl hybrid mallo Paul Eggert
2016-01-30 9:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-31 0:43 ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-31 16:51 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2016-01-31 17:54 ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-31 0:53 ` Rich Felker
2016-02-01 15:15 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2016-02-01 16:58 ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-01 18:34 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2016-02-01 19:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-01 23:08 ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-09 14:55 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2016-02-09 23:31 ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-10 12:27 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
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