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authorDJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>2020-09-01 16:17:25 -0400
committerDJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>2020-09-17 18:49:30 -0400
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Update mallinfo2 ABI, and test
This patch adds the ABI-related bits to reflect the new mallinfo2 function, and adds a test case to verify basic functionality. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Version 2.33
Major new features:
+* The mallinfo2 function is added to report statistics as per mallinfo,
+ but with larger field widths to accurately report values that are
+ larger than fit in an integer.
+
* Add <sys/platform/x86.h> to provide query macros for x86 CPU features.
* Support for the RISC-V ISA running on Linux has been expanded to run on
@@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ Major new features:
Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
- [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here]
+* The mallinfo function is marked deprecated. Callers should call
+ mallinfo2 instead.
Changes to build and runtime requirements: