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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/sbrk.c b/sysdeps/generic/sbrk.c
index de7794697d..698f814e2b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/sbrk.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/sbrk.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ __sbrk (ptrdiff_t increment)
{
void *oldbrk;
- if (__curbrk == 0 && __brk (0) < 0)
+ /* Always update __curbrk from the kernel's brk value. That way two
+ separate instances of __brk and __sbrk can share the heap, returning
+ interleaved pieces of it. This happens when libc.so is loaded by
+ dlopen in a statically-linked program that already uses __brk. */
+ if (__brk (0) < 0)
return (void *) -1;
if (increment == 0)