[PATCH v2] malloc: Remove malloc hooks (Bug 23328)

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2018, Florian Weimer wrote:

> Should we install libmalloc-extras.so under that name?
> 
> Or should it be libmalloc-extras.so.0 (soname) without a libmalloc-extras.so
> symbolic link, to discourage new applications from linking against it, so
> making it more obvious that this is intended for backwards compatibility with
> old applications?

I don't think it's something to discourage applications from linking 
against.  Among other things, it's for any use of mtrace, which is useful 
for both new and old applications as a light-weight memory checker for 
uses similar to those in glibc's own testsuite.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com