From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, alx.manpages@gmail.com,
mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: [[patch] 2/2] malloc_hook.3: modernize for glibc 2.34
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:37:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210810193708.10277-2-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210810193708.10277-1-eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
---
man3/malloc_hook.3 | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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
--
2.31.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-10 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-10 19:37 [[patch] 1/2] malloc.3: modernize for glibc 2.34 Paul Eggert
2021-08-10 19:37 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2021-08-27 22:04 ` [PATCH] malloc_hook.3: " Paul Eggert
2021-08-27 23:11 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-27 23:34 ` Paul Eggert
2021-08-29 12:34 ` Florian Weimer
2021-08-31 1:19 ` [[patch] 2/2] " Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-08-27 22:02 ` [PATCH] malloc.3: modernize for glibc 2.34 (ping 1) Paul Eggert
2021-08-27 23:07 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-08-27 23:29 ` Paul Eggert
2021-08-31 1:18 ` [[patch] 1/2] malloc.3: modernize for glibc 2.34 Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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