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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 87da49d9dd..8af56df23f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-07-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> + + * manual/memory.texi (Malloc Tunable Parameters): Document + M_PERTURB. + 2010-07-26 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> [BZ #11840] diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi index 59ea1ee342..db63c3313b 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 values depending on some +low order bits of 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 |