On Dec 31, 2014, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did not know malloc was required to be AS-safe for POSIX compliance. Ugh. Sorry, my bad, it's not. malloc's AS-safety goal seems to have jumped from "desirable" to "mandatory" in my mind :-( > See: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html > 2.4.3 Signal Actions. > The list of functions does not list malloc. Beware, that's a very old version of POSIX that you referenced above. What led me to realize it was the use of the term "reentrant" there ;-) Anyway, the corresponding table in current POSIX fails to list malloc as AS-Safe just the same ;-) > My pleasure. A list of examples helps not just you but future readers. *nod* Thanks, and happy GNU year to all! -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist|Red Hat Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
