Re: [[patch] 2/2] malloc_hook.3: modernize for glibc 2.34
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-31 01:19:18
Hello Paul, On 8/10/21 9:37 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
--- man3/malloc_hook.3 | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks you! Cheers, Michael
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diff --git a/man3/malloc_hook.3 b/man3/malloc_hook.3 index 6d944003b..7b76bbc9b 100644 --- a/man3/malloc_hook.3 +++ b/man3/malloc_hook.3@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .SH NAME __malloc_hook, __malloc_initialize_hook, __memalign_hook, __free_hook, __realloc_hook, -__after_morecore_hook \- malloc debugging variables +__after_morecore_hook \- malloc debugging variables (DEPRECATED) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B "#include <malloc.h>"@@ -86,11 +86,18 @@ The use of these hook functions is not safe in multithreaded programs, and they are now deprecated. From glibc 2.24 onwards, the .B __malloc_initialize_hook -variable has been removed from the API. +variable has been removed from the API, +and from glibc 2.34 onwards, all +the hook variables have been removed from the API. .\" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450187 .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9957 Programmers should instead preempt calls to the relevant functions -by defining and exporting functions such as "malloc" and "free". +by defining and exporting +.BR malloc (), +.BR free (), +.BR realloc (), +and +.BR calloc (). .SH EXAMPLES Here is a short example of how to use these variables. .PP
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