Re: [PATCH 2/2] malloc: aarch64: Add ifuncs for malloc functions

Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:39:22 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Jul 31 2026, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:

> Hi Andreas,
>
>>> state. One could autoinsert the strdup around strings if a particular setting is enabled.
>>
>> How is strdup different from malloc?
>
> In that it is both optional and explicit user choice, unlike the malloc

Nothing of that makes it is really different.

> call which can't even be switched off (if it could, the issue with ifuncs
> wouldn't be that serious).

The static allocation is required for proper semantics.

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