On 7/7/20 3:49 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Martin Liška:
> 
>> On 7/7/20 2:17 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Sure, so what options do I have? I'm new to glibc so a hint would be
>> appreciated.
> 
> We need to add a new function.  Symbol versioning does not work because
> mallinfo is interposed by alternative mallocs (tcmalloc, Address
> Sanitizer, etc.).  Without the new function name, the interposer does
> not know which ABI the application expects, so it's going to be quite
> messy.
> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
> 

All right, am I closer with the suggested patch?

Martin