[PATCH] malloc-standard: synchronize on fork

[Timo Teräs]

Otherwise other threads can leave malloc state locked, and the child
will hang indefinitely if it tries to malloc something.

Signed-off-by: Timo Teräs <timo.teras at iki.fi>
---
 libc/stdlib/malloc-standard/free.c |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libc/stdlib/malloc-standard/free.c b/libc/stdlib/malloc-standard/free.c
index 39e54d6..df512cc 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/malloc-standard/free.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/malloc-standard/free.c
@@ -118,6 +118,21 @@ int malloc_trim(size_t pad)
   to inline it at all call points, which turns out not to be an
   optimization at all. (Inlining it in __malloc_consolidate is fine though.)
 */
+static void _malloc_lock(void)
+{
+    __UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK_CANCEL_UNSAFE(__malloc_lock);
+}
+
+static void _malloc_unlock(void)
+{
+    __UCLIBC_MUTEX_UNLOCK_CANCEL_UNSAFE(__malloc_lock);
+}
+
+static void _malloc_reset(void)
+{
+    __UCLIBC_MUTEX_INIT_VAR(__malloc_lock);
+}
+
 static void malloc_init_state(mstate av)
 {
     int     i;
@@ -145,6 +160,8 @@ static void malloc_init_state(mstate av)
 
     av->top            = initial_top(av);
     av->pagesize       = malloc_getpagesize;
+
+    __libc_atfork(_malloc_lock, _malloc_unlock, _malloc_reset);
 }
 
 
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1.7.1