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author | Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> | 2021-07-27 07:54:46 +0530 |
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committer | Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org> | 2021-07-27 07:54:46 +0530 |
commit | fb1621a88665ade96e7874046ed62b1cd2e7ff35 (patch) | |
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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>
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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 |