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Re: [PATCH] Fix mtrace vs. mudflap coexistence

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: Wolfram Gloger <wmglo at dent dot med dot uni-muenchen dot de>
Cc: libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:24:53 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix mtrace vs. mudflap coexistence
References: <20051219222554.GL4625@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz> <20051221103017.3223.qmail@md.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>

Wolfram Gloger wrote:

Of course this would lose the ability to mtrace that particular
alternate malloc implementation, however with your patch we
effectively lose the ability to mtrace _any_ alternate malloc
implementation.

I agree with this. But the source of the problem is the at least very antiquated hook mechanism. It's on my list to replace. We need something which is thread safe and can be used in situations like this.

--
â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â

References:
- [PATCH] Fix mtrace vs. mudflap coexistence
  - From: Jakub Jelinek
- Re: [PATCH] Fix mtrace vs. mudflap coexistence
  - From: Wolfram Gloger

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