[parted-devel] [PATCH] add malloc debugging using MALLOC_CHECK_

[Otavio Salvador]

"Matt Davis" <mattdavis9 at gmail.com> writes:

> On 8/31/07, Otavio Salvador <otavio at debian.org> wrote:
>> "Frodo Baggins" <frodo.drogo at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> >>From 9beec03970ed9b4877b67e93a48eaf1e09b1ac9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> > From: Frodo Baggins <frodo.drogo at gmail.com>
>> > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:45:50 +0530
>> > Subject: [PATCH] add malloc debugging using MALLOC_CHECK_
>> >
>> > Set environment variable MALLOC_CHECK_ to 2 so that abort() is
>> > called when libc detects a heap problem. This way we get a memory dump
>> > to analyse in such conditions.
>>
>> I'd like to hear from others about this patch but it looks OK to me.
>
> After a brief overview of this patch, and mentally regarding the usage
> of the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment variable, I think such use is fine.
> I believe it is best to abort early rather than later because of a
> toasted heap.

David? Jim?

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