Bug 4586 - malloc_trim() not thread_safe
Summary: malloc_trim() not thread_safe
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: uClibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Threads (show other bugs)
Version: 0.9.32
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: 0.9.34
Assignee: unassigned
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Reported: 2011-12-07 21:24 UTC by Ronald Wahl
Modified: 2015-03-18 22:13 UTC (History)
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Patch to make malloc_trim() thread-safe. (480 bytes, patch)
2011-12-07 21:24 UTC, Ronald Wahl 		Details
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Description Ronald Wahl 2011-12-07 21:24:15 UTC 
Created attachment 3854 [details]
Patch to make malloc_trim() thread-safe.

I just got an abort in a multi-threaded application. The back-trace showed that it happened inside malloc_trim(). I checked the function and found that it misses the __MALLOC_LOCK and __MALLOC_UNLOCK calls. A proposed fix is attached to this bug report.
Comment 1 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer 2015-03-18 22:13:45 UTC 
Fixed in be61486447ab447ac24892845af92489fe0b7148

Thanks!