From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (server2.sourceware.org [IPv6:2620:52:3:1:0:246e:9693:128c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7CE91F5AE for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00FD3861802; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:17:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E647D3861036 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:17:31 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E647D3861036 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux-m68k.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=whitebox@nefkom.net Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1LzZ63Vwz1qt43; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:17:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B1LzZ5qWdz1r571; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:17:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ebVQhzsCChUe; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:17:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: 7cPIS1+rkLtSafFqA+5UD5vM19O8/+XwrVlIHdOfyNNh2Gb1ULHQiVqdG136lChH Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-172-45.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.172.45]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:17:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 89B4B2C1E45; Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:17:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Martin =?utf-8?Q?Li=C5=A1ka?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use size_t for mallinfo fields. References: X-Yow: I just bought FLATBUSH from MICKEY MANTLE! Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:17:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: ("Martin =?utf-8?Q?Li=C5=A1ka=22's?= message of "Tue, 7 Jul 2020 14:00:02 +0200") Message-ID: <87tuyja59i.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Errors-To: libc-alpha-bounces@sourceware.org Sender: "Libc-alpha" On Jul 07 2020, Martin Liška wrote: > The current int type can easily overflow for allocation of more > than 4GB. > > The following patch changes that to size_t. I guess I need to adjust > the API version of the function, right? Not only that, it breaks the ABI of mallinfo. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."