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authorSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>2021-07-22 18:37:57 +0530
committerSiddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>2021-07-22 18:37:57 +0530
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Remove __morecore and __default_morecore
Make the __morecore and __default_morecore symbols compat-only and
remove their declarations from the API.  Also, include morecore.c
directly into malloc.c; this should ideally get merged into malloc in
a future cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   mtrace.  Similar functionality can be achieved by using conditional
   breakpoints within mtrace functions from within gdb.
 
+* The __morecore and __after_morecore_hook malloc hooks and the default
+  implementation __default_morecore have been removed from the API.  Existing
+  applications will continue to link against these symbols but the interfaces
+  no longer have any effect on malloc.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
 * On Linux, the shm_open, sem_open, and related functions now expect the