PATCH: Malloc fails if MALLOC_ALIGNMENT > 2 * SIZE_SZ

Roland McGrath roland@hack.frob.com
Fri Aug 19 22:51:00 GMT 2011


Can one of you explain how this avoids the problem mentioned in the removed
comment, of malloc_get_state/malloc_set_state incompatibility on powerpc32?

I think the main use case for this is an Emacs that was built (and dumped)
using an older libc, and then run with a newer libc.  Is it verified that
an existing powerpc32 Emacs binary is not broken by running against a libc
with this change?


Thanks,
Roland



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