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Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
Cc: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:19:17 +0200
Subject: Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
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On Aug 17 2017, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:

> _Do_ we, though?  Why does ld.so need to make any allocations at all
> above and beyond mapping in the libraries?  It's an open question as
> far as I'm concerned.

You have a lot of auxiliary data like file names and search paths.

Andreas.

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References:
- Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
  - From: Carlos O'Donell
- Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
  - From: DJ Delorie
- Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
  - From: Andreas Schwab
- Re: extend dl-minimal malloc implementation
  - From: Zack Weinberg

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