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Re: [PATCH v3] Add reallocarray function.
- From: Dennis Wölfing <denniswoelfing at gmx dot de>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 09:07:10 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add reallocarray function.
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- References: <20170417140148.23212-1-denniswoelfing@gmx.de> <20170421121646.28392-1-denniswoelfing@gmx.de> <b19175ac-f141-e0e5-49e8-96da56bfb719@gmx.de>
On 28.04.2017 10:57, Dennis Wölfing wrote:
On 21.04.2017 14:16, Dennis Wölfing wrote:
The reallocarray function is an extension from OpenBSD. It is an
integer-overflow-safe replacement for realloc(p, X*Y) and
malloc(X*Y) (realloc(NULL, X*Y)). It can therefore help in preventing
certain security issues in code.
This is an updated version of a patch originally submitted by Rüdiger
Sonderfeld in May 2014.
See <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-05/msg00481.html>.
Tested on x86_64-linux.
2017-04-21 Dennis Wölfing <denniswoelfing@gmx.de>
Rüdiger Sonderfeld <ruediger@c-plusplus.de>
* NEWS: Mention addition of reallocarray.
* malloc/Makefile (routines): Add reallocarray.
(tests): Add tst-reallocarray.c.
* malloc/Versions: Add reallocarray and __libc_reallocarray.
* malloc/malloc-private.h: New file.
* malloc/malloc.c (__libc_calloc): Use `check_mul_overflow'.
* malloc/malloc.h (reallocarray): New declaration.
* stdlib/stdlib.h (reallocarray): Likewise.
* malloc/reallocarray.c: New file.
* malloc/tst-reallocarray.c: New test file.
* manual/memory.texi: Document reallocarray.
* sysdeps/arm/nacl/libc.abilist: Add reallocarray.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/coldfire/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/m680x0/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/microblaze/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/fpu/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/nofpu/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n32/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips64/n64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/libc.abilist:
Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/nofpu/libc.abilist:
Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/libc-le.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/tilegx32/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/tilegx64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tilepro/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/libc.abilist: Likewise.
Ping
Ping 2. This patch
<https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-04/msg00454.html>
is still pending.