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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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