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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | malloc/malloc.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 2e13d668a7..ad8e78ef7b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2017-05-03 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> + + [BZ #21411] + * malloc/malloc.c: Tweak realloc/MREMAP comment to be more accurate. + 2017-05-03 Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net> * inet/netinet/in.h (struct ip_mreq_source): Correct misplaced diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c index 068ffc1684..aa45626093 100644 --- a/malloc/malloc.c +++ b/malloc/malloc.c @@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ void* __libc_calloc(size_t, size_t); REALLOC_ZERO_BYTES_FREES is set, realloc with a size argument of zero (re)allocates a minimum-sized chunk. - Large chunks that were internally obtained via mmap will always - be reallocated using malloc-copy-free sequences unless - the system supports MREMAP (currently only linux). + Large chunks that were internally obtained via mmap will always be + grown using malloc-copy-free sequences unless the system supports + MREMAP (currently only linux). The old unix realloc convention of allowing the last-free'd chunk to be used as an argument to realloc is not supported. |