Re: [Patch v2] malloc: Clean up __malloc_initialized

[Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>]

On 6/18/21 3:23 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar via Libc-alpha wrote:
> It can be assumed that ptmalloc_init is always called in a
> single-threaded context because pthread_create calls malloc before
> spawning a thread.  As a result, a boolean value for
> __malloc_initialized is sufficient to ensure that the function body is
> executed only once.
> 
> Further, __malloc_initialized is mentioned in Versions when it is
> actually an internal symbol.  Drop that reference and the macro
> definition to __libc_malloc_initialized since it does not have an
> external use.
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> - Retained attribute_hidden extern declaration.


Florian what do you think?  I've made the change you requested.

Siddhesh