Re: [PATCH] malloc, realloc: fix recently-introduced #undef typos

[Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>]

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On 4/18/21 4:24 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Yes, they were typos that caused infloops. But little harm done; I don't 
> think they escaped into any distributions.

Whoops, I take it back. Because those modules defined 
_GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC, stdlib.h did not define malloc and realloc and so 
the undefs were not needed. And as it was, realloc-gnu did not work on 
AIX 7.1 because the realloc replacement assumed the malloc replacement. 
I fixed this by installing the attached two patches. It's still a bit 
messy but at least it works.


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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:09:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] malloc: simplify
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* lib/malloc.c: Omit unnecessary "#undef malloc".
I recently introduced it by mistake.  This module defines
_GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC and so malloc isn’t redefined to rpl_malloc.
---
 ChangeLog    | 5 +++++
 lib/malloc.c | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e72362077..b013d915f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2021-04-21  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	malloc: simplify
+	* lib/malloc.c: Omit unnecessary "#undef malloc".
+	I recently introduced it by mistake.  This module defines
+	_GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC and so malloc isn’t redefined to rpl_malloc.
+
 	malloca: avoid ptrdiff_t overflow
 	* lib/malloca.c: Include idx.h, intprops.h.
 	(mmalloca): Check for ptrdiff_t overflow.  Since this module uses
diff --git a/lib/malloc.c b/lib/malloc.c
index a900046ec..30f791fb9 100644
--- a/lib/malloc.c
+++ b/lib/malloc.c
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 
 #include "xalloc-oversized.h"
 
-/* Call the system's malloc below.  */
-# undef malloc
-
 /* Allocate an N-byte block of memory from the heap, even if N is 0.  */
 
 void *
-- 
2.27.0



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From 882243dcfe41bd703db61af56e954d8dff3369ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:10:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] realloc: port to AIX 7.1

* lib/realloc.c (_GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC): Do not define.  This
module relies on GNU malloc.  This fixes a test failure on AIX 7.1.
---
 ChangeLog     | 4 ++++
 lib/realloc.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b013d915f..579284336 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2021-04-21  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	realloc: port to AIX 7.1
+	* lib/realloc.c (_GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC): Do not define.  This
+	module relies on GNU malloc.  This fixes a test failure on AIX 7.1.
+
 	malloc: simplify
 	* lib/malloc.c: Omit unnecessary "#undef malloc".
 	I recently introduced it by mistake.  This module defines
diff --git a/lib/realloc.c b/lib/realloc.c
index c0d94b439..0c87d0d92 100644
--- a/lib/realloc.c
+++ b/lib/realloc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 /* written by Jim Meyering and Bruno Haible */
 
-#define _GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC 1
 #include <config.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -27,7 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "xalloc-oversized.h"
 
-/* Call the system's realloc below.  */
+/* Call the system's realloc below.  This file does not define
+   _GL_USE_STDLIB_ALLOC because it needs Gnulib's malloc if present.  */
 #undef realloc
 
 /* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
-- 
2.27.0