[patch] Fix mallinfo() to accumulate results for all arenas.

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 17:43, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
> > wrote:
> >> That would appear to be a rather weak argument to keep it broken. If
> >> it can be fixed, let's fix it.
> >
> > No, it's not.  What is now counted is what people git so far and code
> > expects.
>
> IMHO that's bordering on insane.
>
> libc can provide correct answer, or the wrong answer. You insist that
> it must continue to forever give the wrong answer, because some
> applications may expect that wrong answer.
>
> But what possible use can an application have for the wrong answer?
> Isn't that application broken (by definition), if providing correct
> answer breaks it?

Greetings,

I would like to ask glibc maintainers to re-consider rejection of the patch.

Original problem description:
http://cygwin.com/ml/libc-alpha/2011-08/msg00116.html

Confirmed still broken in current git trunk.

Thanks,
--
Paul Pluzhnikov