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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 -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@redhat.com GPG Key fingerprint = D4E8 DBE3 3813 BB5D FA84 5EC7 45C6 250E 6F00 984E "And now for something completely different."
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