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__libc_malloc (glibc v2.27)

void *__libc_malloc (size_t bytes)
{
  mstate ar_ptr;
  void *victim;
  void *(*hook) (size_t, const void *)
    = atomic_forced_read (__malloc_hook); // malloc hook read
  if (__builtin_expect (hook != NULL, 0))
    return (*hook)(bytes, RETURN_ADDRESS (0)); // call hook
#if USE_TCACHE
  /* int_free also calls request2size, be careful to not pad twice.  */
  size_t tbytes;
  checked_request2size (bytes, tbytes);
  size_t tc_idx = csize2tidx (tbytes);
  // ...
}

__libc_malloc (glibc v2.40)

void *
__libc_malloc (size_t bytes)
{
  mstate ar_ptr;
  void *victim;

  _Static_assert (PTRDIFF_MAX <= SIZE_MAX / 2,
                  "PTRDIFF_MAX is not more than half of SIZE_MAX");

  if (!__malloc_initialized)
    ptmalloc_init ();
#if USE_TCACHE
  /* int_free also calls request2size, be careful to not pad twice.  */
  size_t tbytes = checked_request2size (bytes);
  if (tbytes == 0)
    {
      __set_errno (ENOMEM);
      return NULL;
    }
  size_t tc_idx = csize2tidx (tbytes);

  MAYBE_INIT_TCACHE ();

  DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
  if (tc_idx < mp_.tcache_bins
      && tcache != NULL
      && tcache->counts[tc_idx] > 0)
    {
      victim = tcache_get (tc_idx);
      return tag_new_usable (victim);
    }
  DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;

No hook in v2.40!!

BTW, the __libc_ infront of __libc_malloc is a convention