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Date:      Tue, 4 Apr 2017 20:56:23 +0200
From:      Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r316492 - in head/usr.bin/grep: . regex
Message-ID:  <B9C5AC3B-1775-4D5D-ADA7-C6CE091F32F5@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4D675D2F-7D6F-4AF2-AE10-5DF19D4158D0@gmail.com>
References:  <201704041608.v34G8qSo055328@repo.freebsd.org> <4D675D2F-7D6F-4AF2-AE10-5DF19D4158D0@gmail.com>

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On 4 Apr 2017, at 19:14, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya) =
<yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Apr 4, 2017, at 09:08, Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>=20
>> Author: cem
>> Date: Tue Apr  4 16:08:51 2017
>> New Revision: 316492
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/316492
>>=20
>> Log:
>> bsdgrep(1): Rip out "xmalloc" bits
>>=20
>> xmalloc was a debug malloc implementation, but the =
x{malloc,calloc,free}
>> functions default to calling the malloc(3) equivalents.
>>=20
>> Instead of relying on this malloc shim, we can devise better ways to =
debug
>> malloc issues that aren't misleading upon initial inspection.  (I.e., =
using
>> jemalloc's various built-in debugging capabilities.)
>>=20
>> Submitted by:	Kyle Evans <kevans91 at ksu.edu>
>> Reviewed by:	emaste, cem
>> Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10269
>>=20
>> Deleted:
>> head/usr.bin/grep/regex/xmalloc.c
>> head/usr.bin/grep/regex/xmalloc.h
>> Modified:
>> head/usr.bin/grep/Makefile
>> head/usr.bin/grep/regex/fastmatch.c
>> head/usr.bin/grep/regex/tre-compile.c
>> head/usr.bin/grep/regex/tre-fastmatch.c
>=20
> Where did xmalloc.c originate from?

GNU.  Almost all software from the GNU project relies on malloc wrappers
which abort the program on allocation failures.


> I can=E2=80=99t find any references to it in OpenBSD=E2=80=99s grep =
implementation (I=E2=80=99m pretty sure this copy of grep started =
there).

Not sure, they must have disliked the GNUisms too, probably. :)

-Dimitry


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