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

[Matt Davis]

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.

-Matt (Enferex)