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* [glibc] manual: Drop the .so suffix in libc_malloc_debug description
@ 2021-07-27 2:25 Siddhesh Poyarekar
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commit fb1621a88665ade96e7874046ed62b1cd2e7ff35
Author: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
Date: Tue Jul 27 07:54:46 2021 +0530
manual: Drop the .so suffix in libc_malloc_debug description
All references to libraries in the manual are without the .so prefix,
so do the same for libc_malloc_debug.
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Diff:
---
manual/memory.texi | 6 +++---
manual/tunables.texi | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index a51ed42516..0b2b9c8795 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ environment variable @env{MALLOC_ARENA_MAX} to the desired value.
You can ask @code{malloc} to check the consistency of dynamic memory by
using the @code{mcheck} function and preloading the malloc debug library
-@file{libc_malloc_debug.so} using the @var{LD_PRELOAD} environment variable.
+@file{libc_malloc_debug} using the @var{LD_PRELOAD} environment variable.
This function is a GNU extension, declared in @file{mcheck.h}.
@pindex mcheck.h
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ used which is designed to be tolerant against simple errors, such as
double calls of @code{free} with the same argument, or overruns of a
single byte (off-by-one bugs). Not all such errors can be protected
against, however, and memory leaks can result. Like in the case of
-@code{mcheck}, one would need to preload the @file{libc_malloc_debug.so}
+@code{mcheck}, one would need to preload the @file{libc_malloc_debug}
library to enable @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} functionality. Without this
preloaded library, setting @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} will have no effect.
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ penalties for the program if the debugging mode is not enabled.
The @code{mtrace} function provides a way to trace memory allocation
events in the program that calls it. It is disabled by default in the
library and can be enabled by preloading the debugging library
-@file{libc_malloc_debug.so} using the @code{LD_PRELOAD} environment
+@file{libc_malloc_debug} using the @code{LD_PRELOAD} environment
variable.
When the @code{mtrace} function is called it looks for an environment
diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi
index e264e9150c..658547c613 100644
--- a/manual/tunables.texi
+++ b/manual/tunables.texi
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ following tunables in the @code{malloc} namespace:
@deftp Tunable glibc.malloc.check
This tunable supersedes the @env{MALLOC_CHECK_} environment variable and is
identical in features. This tunable has no effect by default and needs the
-debug library @file{libc_malloc_debug.so} to be preloaded using the
+debug library @file{libc_malloc_debug} to be preloaded using the
@code{LD_PRELOAD} environment variable.
Setting this tunable to a non-zero value less than 4 enables a special (less
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