From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com>
To: libc-hacker@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH] Document M_PERTURB
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:37:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zkxez4ue.fsf@hase.home> (raw)
2010-07-26 Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com>
* manual/memory.texi (Malloc Tunable Parameters): Document
M_PERTURB.
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index 59ea1ee..6ae408d 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -702,6 +702,11 @@ be allocated via @code{mmap}.
@item M_MMAP_MAX
The maximum number of chunks to allocate with @code{mmap}. Setting this
to zero disables all use of @code{mmap}.
+@item M_PERTURB
+If non-zero, memory blocks are filled with a value depending on
+this parameter when they are allocated (except when allocated by
+@code{calloc}) and freed. This can be used to debug the use of
+uninitialized or freed heap memory.
@end table
@end deftypefun
--
1.7.1.1
--
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next reply other threads:[~2010-07-26 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-26 14:37 Andreas Schwab [this message]
2010-07-26 20:01 ` Roland McGrath
2010-07-26 20:17 ` Jakub Jelinek
2010-07-27 9:13 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-07-27 9:32 ` Roland McGrath
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