Re: Proposed pthread_atfork() internal changes

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Subject: Re: Proposed pthread_atfork() internal changes
From: christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:49:30 -0000 (UTC)

In article <cbf2b037-84e7-4504-b4b0-2a22281b2f3d%bec.de@localhost>,
JÃ¶rg Sonnenberger  <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>
>
>On 3/10/25 6:39 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
>> pthread_atfork is called in constructors for libraries, incl
>> libc, so isn't allowed to use malloc(), which might not have
>> been initialised yet.
>
>Well, we could ensure that malloc's ctor has a higher priority...
>
>Joerg

I think that making malloc() work from constructors, would simplify
a lot of things.

christos

References:
- Proposed pthread_atfork() internal changes
  - From: Robert Elz
- Re: Proposed pthread_atfork() internal changes
  - From: Jörg Sonnenberger

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