Re: [LTP] [PATCH] Fix a building error.

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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On Friday, January 14, 2011 16:33:38 Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Friday, January 14, 2011 04:48:33 Peng Haitao wrote:
> >>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/mallopt/mallopt01.c |    1 +
> > 
> > please use descriptive subjects in your patches.  this really should be
> > something like:
> >        mallopt01: fix build error due to xxxx
> > 
> >> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mallopt/mallopt01.c
> >> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mallopt/mallopt01.c
> >> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_COLDFIRE
> >>  #define __MALLOC_STANDARD__
> >>  #endif
> >> +#include <malloc.h>
> > 
> > umm, no.  malloc.h is a dead header file and nothing should be including
> > it.
> 
>     It is exposing extra junk in this case that isn't available from
> stdlib.h, which unfortunately the test uses. I fixed the build error
> for now, but maybe someone upstream should be informed that this
> header needs to die a painful death, because all contemporary
> documentation says that you need to include stdlib.h, not malloc.h
> when working with malloc(3). I was reminded of this recently because I
> built some stuff on FreeBSD and FreeBSD has a nice #warning about this
> deprecation.

err, right.  we're using mallopt() here and not malloc().  the former is not 
part of POSIX which means it should not be in stdlib.h.  i dont believe it is 
being deprecated on the GNU side, so we dont want to go killing off the tests.
-mike

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