From 789b13c4e808dfcdd58d52bc5f4221047fee57e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:53:10 +0000 Subject: Update. 1998-03-23 07:52 H.J. Lu * elf/dl-close.c (_dl_close): Fix byte count while removing the shared object from the global scope list and optimize a little bit. 1998-03-22 Andreas Jaeger * manual/filesys.texi (Scanning Directory Content): Add missing closing brace. (Scanning Directory Content): Fix text. 1998-03-22 Andreas Jaeger * manual/memory.texi (Heap Consistency Checking): Add paragraph explaining difference of -lmcheck and MALLOC_CHECK_. 1998-03-23 Andreas Jaeger * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fstatvfs.c (fstatvfs): Correct some typos in comments. 1998-03-20 Andreas Schwab * test-skeleton.c (main): Fix test for exit signal. 1998-03-22 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/generic/strtok_r.c: Undefine __strtok_r. 1998-03-22 Andreas Schwab * sysdeps/generic/memcmp.c [_LIBC]: Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN as appropriate. 1998-03-23 11:14 Andreas Schwab * libc.map: Export __strtok_r. 1998-03-23 Ulrich Drepper * posix/regex.c (re_compile_fastmap): Remove unused variable num_regs and adjust comment. Patch by Jim Meyering . * math/math.h (M_*l): Extend long double constants to be usable for 128 bit floats. Patch by Richard Henderson. 1998-03-23 11:16 Andreas Schwab Patch by Tim Waugh and Andreas Schwab. --- manual/memory.texi | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'manual/memory.texi') diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi index 09147bcd14..262d772fc6 100644 --- a/manual/memory.texi +++ b/manual/memory.texi @@ -625,6 +625,13 @@ immediately. This can be useful because otherwise a crash may happen much later, and the true cause for the problem is then very hard to track down. +So, what's the difference between using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and linking +with @samp{-lmcheck}? @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} is orthognal with respect to +@samp{-lmcheck}. @samp{-lmcheck} has been added for backward +compatibility. Both @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and @samp{-lmcheck} should +uncover the same bugs - but using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} you don't need to +recompile your application. + @node Hooks for Malloc @subsection Storage Allocation Hooks @cindex allocation hooks, for @code{malloc} -- cgit 1.4.1