1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
index cad8e5d6a1..fa36a3a7f3 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.297 2024/09/20 02:00:46 jsg Exp $        */
+/*      $OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.298 2025/05/23 00:40:05 deraadt Exp $    */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2023 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
  * Copyright (c) 2012 Matthew Dempsky <matthew@openbsd.org>
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ static union {
                 __attribute__((section(".openbsd.mutable")));
 #define mopts   malloc_readonly.mopts
 
-char            *malloc_options;        /* compile-time options */
+/* compile-time options */
+const char *const malloc_options __attribute__((weak));
 
 static __dead void wrterror(struct dir_info *d, char *msg, ...)
     __attribute__((__format__ (printf, 2, 3)));
@@ -501,7 +502,8 @@ omalloc_parseopt(char opt)
 static void
 omalloc_init(void)
 {
-        char *p, *q, b[16];
+        const char *p;
+        char *q, b[16];
         int i, j;
         const int mib[2] = { CTL_VM, VM_MALLOC_CONF };
         size_t sb;