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Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/4] malloc_info: minor fixes and improvements [BZ #17039]
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: Ken Milmore <ken dot milmore at gmail dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, carlos at redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 15:01:52 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/4] malloc_info: minor fixes and improvements [BZ #17039]
Ken Milmore <ken.milmore@gmail.com> writes:
> To recap, the intention is to rectify a couple of problems with the
> output of malloc_info(), to make it useful as a more detailed
> alternative to mallinfo() and malloc_stats(). Namely:
>
> 1. The reported chunk sizes are typically off by a few bytes (BZ#17039)
> 2. The size(s) of the "top" heap chunk(s) are not accounted for.
>
> There is also a new unit test to check that the respective outputs of
> malloc_info and mallinfo agree exactly.
These all look OK to me.