[PATCH] malloc: Remove use of __curbrk

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Mon Aug 4 18:13:41 GMT 2025



On 04/08/25 09:56, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:
> 
> Remove an odd use of __curbrk and use MORECORE (0) instead.
> This fixes Hurd build since it doesn't define this symbol.
> 
> Regress passes, OK for commit?

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
> index b3f5a446461b607dd9181a2107d3e8809373e310..f8480c0367713b28544d12018a92f2b48b83471d 100644
> --- a/malloc/malloc.c
> +++ b/malloc/malloc.c
> @@ -2646,13 +2646,11 @@ sysmalloc (INTERNAL_SIZE_T nb, mstate av)
>           previous calls. Otherwise, we correct to page-align below.
>         */
>  
> -      /* Defined in brk.c.  */
> -      extern void *__curbrk;
>        if (__glibc_unlikely (mp_.thp_pagesize != 0))
>  	{
> -	  uintptr_t top = ALIGN_UP ((uintptr_t) __curbrk + size,
> -				    mp_.thp_pagesize);
> -	  size = top - (uintptr_t) __curbrk;
> +	  uintptr_t lastbrk = (uintptr_t) MORECORE (0);
> +	  uintptr_t top = ALIGN_UP (lastbrk + size, mp_.thp_pagesize);
> +	  size = top - lastbrk;
>  	}
>        else
>  	size = ALIGN_UP (size, GLRO(dl_pagesize));
> 



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