Persistent malloc

[Florian Weimer]

On 11/08/2017 06:52 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 11/07/2017 09:25 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> I just managed to make a persistent malloc by replacing MORECORE. My init
>> routine opens a file and maps it to a huge space at a fixed address, 
>> then I
>> just ftruncate the file when somebody asks my MORECORE for more:
> 
> We are going to remove the MORECORE hook soon.  Newly compiled binaries 
> will no longer call it.
> 
> You need to provide your own malloc if you want to change this behavior:
> 
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Replacing-malloc.html>

Sorry, I managed to trigger a race condition in Thunderbird where it 
shows (and apparently quotes) the wrong message content.  The initially 
quoted bits were written by Adrian May, not Carlos.

Florian