941189 – sys-devel/mold: make mimalloc an optional dependency via USE=mimalloc

Bug 941189 - sys-devel/mold: make mimalloc an optional dependency via USE=mimalloc

Summary: sys-devel/mold: make mimalloc an optional dependency via USE=mimalloc

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Assignee:	Sam James

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Keywords:	PATCH

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Reported:	2024-10-09 06:55 UTC by Benjamino Masyura
Modified:	2024-10-11 02:46 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues/1355
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Runtime testing required:	---

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Add mimalloc USE flag to mold ebuild (add-mimalloc-use-flag-mold-ebuild.patch,788 bytes, patch) 2024-10-09 06:55 UTC, Benjamino Masyura	Details \| Diff
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Description Benjamino Masyura 2024-10-09 06:55:13 UTC

Created attachment 905122 [details, diff]
Add mimalloc USE flag to mold ebuild

This feature can be very useful for people who system-wide override malloc to more secure ones, such as hardened_malloc and even valgrind. If mold linker against mimalloc, when while it is possible to override malloc, it causes problems in the form of invalid free errors.

See this issue: https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues/1355