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Re: malloc_set_state and heap content

Florian Weimer, on Wed 06 Jul 2016 23:09:20 +0200, wrote:
> On 07/06/2016 10:38 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >Florian Weimer, on Wed 06 Jul 2016 22:36:05 +0200, wrote:
> >>On 07/06/2016 09:35 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >>>So I'd say we need the attached patch, don't we?
> >>
> >>The patch does not address the issue because it does not alter the heap copy
> >>in existing Emacs binaries.  It would only become effective after
> >>recompiling Emacs.  Such recompiled Emacs binaries will no longer use the
> >>heap dumping mechanism.
> >
> >Well, glibc is not only about emacs, is it? :)
> 
> Could you be more specific, please?  Are there Hurd-specific applications
> which use malloc_set_state?

I mean that there can be other applications making use of
malloc_set_state

https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=malloc_set_state

suggests a few.

So it's worth fixing it for those anyway.

Samuel
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