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Re: libphkmalloc? (Was: CVS commit: src/lib/libbsdmalloc)



> On Apr 28, 2026, at 9:33 AM, Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 13:02:10 +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> 
>> Module Name:	src
>> Committed By:	riastradh
>> Date:		Tue Apr 28 13:02:10 UTC 2026
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>> 	src/lib/libbsdmalloc: malloc.c
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> libbsdmalloc: Use mutex_init, not mutex_unlock, in child post-fork.
> [...]
> 
> I wonder if it's time to retire libbsdmalloc?

Amusingly, I recently used the classical BSD malloc in the firmware for a home-brew project, and was thinking that for really constrained machines (e.g. 68010), it might be best if it were the default.

-- thorpej



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