newlocale() optionally takes a "base" locale, from which components not
specified in the mask are inherited. POSIX says that newlocale() may
modify "base" and return it, or free "base" and return a newly allocated
locale. We were not doing either, so applications which use newlocale()
to modify an existing base locale end up leaking memory on FreeBSD.
This diff fixes the leak by releasing a reference to the base locale
before returning. This is less efficient than modifying "base"
directly, but is simpler for an initial bug fix. Also, update the man
page to clarify behaviour with respect to "base".
PR: 249416
MFC after: 3 weeks
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26522
Fix a missing .h and change the recommended include for the POSIX2008 functions from xlocale.h to locale.h. Including xlocale.h is for legacy / Darwin compatibility so should not be encouraged.
load of _l suffixed versions of various standard library functions that use
the global locale, making them take an explicit locale parameter. Also
adds support for per-thread locales. This work was funded by the FreeBSD
Foundation.
Please test any code you have that uses the C standard locale functions!
Reviewed by: das (gdtoa changes)
Approved by: dim (mentor)
