Re: Is malloc() function provided in <stdlib.h> thread-safe?

On 2008-04-21, climber.cui@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 <climber.cui@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>   Does anyone have experience on the thread-safty issue with malloc()?
> Some people said this function provided in stdlib.h is not thread-
> safe, but someone said it is thread safe.  Is it possible this
> function evolves from thread-unsafe to thread-safe in recent years?
> How could i find out?
>   I am using the C library coming with GNU linux distribution.

Hm. malloc() is not provided in stdlib.h, it is declared there. In fact
one can provide his own malloc implementation that will be used in place
of the one provided in libc.

The POSIX standart requires that malloc is thread-safe. So malloc
provided in glibc on Linux is thread-safe.


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