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@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
features now need to preload a new debugging DSO libc_malloc_debug.so to get
this functionality back.
+* The deprecated functions malloc_get_state and malloc_set_state have been
+ moved from the core C library into libc_malloc_debug.so. Legacy applications
+ that still use these functions will now need to preload libc_malloc_debug.so
+ in their environment using the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* On Linux, the shm_open, sem_open, and related functions now expect the