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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-10-05 13:40:47 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-10-05 13:40:47 +0000
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1998-10-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/swap.h (SWAP_FLAG_PREFER, SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_MASK,SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_SHIFT): Added. Remove inclusion of <linux/swap.h>. 1998-10-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * io/sys/stat.h: Use __P in definitions of inline stat functions so that they match the declaration. 1998-10-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/quota.h (Q_RSQUASH): Added. 1998-10-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/acct.h: Bring in sync with current linux 2.1 version. 1998-10-02 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> * sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h: Fix typo in last change. * sysdeps/arm/bits/huge_val.h: New file. 1998-10-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/reboot.h (RB_POWER_OFF): Added. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/ptrace.h (PTRACE_SYSCALL): Add define. 1998-10-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * sysdeps/posix/getcwd.c (__getcwd): Use temporary variable to store result of realloc instead of using BUF. 1998-10-04 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * misc/sgtty.h (_SGTTY_H): Correct spelling. Reported by Rouben Rostamian <rostamian@umbc.edu> [PR libc/817]. 1998-10-04 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/memory.texi (Obstacks): Document obstack_alloc_failed_handler usage. * malloc/obstack.h: Enhance comment about obstack_alloc_failed_handler usage. * malloc/obstack.c: Likewise. 1998-10-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * misc/sys/cdefs.h (__extension__): Define as empty if no gcc or gcc before 2.8 is used. 1998-10-01 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> * sysdeps/arm/machine-gmon.h: Correct args to mcount(). Patch from Scott Bambrough. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/register-dump.h: New file. * libio/libioP.h (FILEBUF_LITERAL) [! _IO_MTSAFE_IO]: Don't include the lock member. 1998-09-03 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk> * sysdeps/arm/fpu/__longjmp.S: Cope with fussy assembler. 1998-09-29 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> * string/bits/string2.h (__string2_1bptr_p): Don't use a statement expression. (__mempcpy, strcpy, __stpcpy, strcmp, strcspn, strspn, strpbrk, __strsep): Greatly reduce size of expansion by combining common expressions. (__mempcpy_small, __strcpy_small, __stpcpy_small): Convert to inline function. (__mempcpy_args, __strcpy_args, __stpcpy_args): New macros, used by the above definitions. 1998-09-27 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ipc.h: New file, use correct struct ipc_perm definition. 1998-09-29 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de> * nis/ypclnt.c (yp_all): Close UDP socket und give CLIENT handle free. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ioperm.c: List Ruffian in platforms[]. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_shaper.h: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'malloc')
-rw-r--r--malloc/obstack.c9
-rw-r--r--malloc/obstack.h5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/malloc/obstack.c b/malloc/obstack.c
index a192441a49..76b7a95cd4 100644
--- a/malloc/obstack.c
+++ b/malloc/obstack.c
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ union fooround {long x; double d;};
/* The functions allocating more room by calling `obstack_chunk_alloc'
jump to the handler pointed to by `obstack_alloc_failed_handler'.
- This variable by default points to the internal function
+ This can be set to a user defined function which should either
+ abort gracefully or use longjump - but shouldn't return. This
+ variable by default points to the internal function
`print_and_abort'. */
#if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
static void print_and_abort (void);
@@ -142,9 +144,8 @@ struct obstack *_obstack;
CHUNKFUN is the function to use to allocate chunks,
and FREEFUN the function to free them.
- Return nonzero if successful, zero if out of memory.
- To recover from an out of memory error,
- free up some memory, then call this again. */
+ Return nonzero if successful, calls obstack_alloc_failed_handler if
+ allocation fails. */
int
_obstack_begin (h, size, alignment, chunkfun, freefun)
diff --git a/malloc/obstack.h b/malloc/obstack.h
index edbcd264df..beb548ecd2 100644
--- a/malloc/obstack.h
+++ b/malloc/obstack.h
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ int obstack_memory_used (struct obstack *obstack);
so we do not declare them. */
/* Error handler called when `obstack_chunk_alloc' failed to allocate
- more memory. This can be set to a user defined function. The
- default action is to print a message and abort. */
+ more memory. This can be set to a user defined function which
+ should either abort gracefully or use longjump - but shouldn't
+ return. The default action is to print a message and abort. */
#if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__
extern void (*obstack_alloc_failed_handler) (void);
#else