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| author | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2020-07-13 09:58:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2020-07-13 09:58:37 +0200 |
| commit | e72b98e6f858583a3ef904e27c6fbd932bdc86c8 (patch) | |
| tree | ed93eaf93711b86e26627236e164b40ec72a757b /NEWS | |
| parent | 48699da1c468543ade14777819bd1b4d652709de (diff) | |
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malloc: Deprecate more hook-related functionality
__morecore, __after_morecore_hook, and __default_morecore had not
been deprecated in commit 7d17596c198f11fa85cbcf9587443f262e63b616
("Mark malloc hook variables as deprecated"), probably by accident.
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 92dcb77fef..f69d48a38f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: storing RPC keys only supported the obsolete and insecure AUTH_DES flavor of secure RPC.) +* The __morecore and __after_morecore_hook malloc hooks and the default + implementation __default_morecore have been deprecated. Applications + should use malloc interposition to change malloc behavior, and mmap to + allocate anonymous memory. A future version of glibc may require that + applications which use the malloc hooks must preload a special shared + object, to enable the hooks. + Changes to build and runtime requirements: * powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer. This is required for supporting |