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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/memory.texi | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/tunables.texi | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi index 28ec2e4e63..31ee36be8c 100644 --- a/manual/memory.texi +++ b/manual/memory.texi @@ -1364,11 +1364,11 @@ The block was already freed. Another possibility to check for and guard against bugs in the use of @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} is to set the environment variable @code{MALLOC_CHECK_}. When @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} is set to a -non-zero value, a special (less efficient) implementation is used which -is designed to be tolerant against simple errors, such as double calls -of @code{free} with the same argument, or overruns of a single byte -(off-by-one bugs). Not all such errors can be protected against, -however, and memory leaks can result. +non-zero value less than 4, a special (less efficient) implementation is +used which is designed to be tolerant against simple errors, such as +double calls of @code{free} with the same argument, or overruns of a +single byte (off-by-one bugs). Not all such errors can be protected +against, however, and memory leaks can result. Any detected heap corruption results in immediate termination of the process. diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi index d5d957fb5b..ebdb562e36 100644 --- a/manual/tunables.texi +++ b/manual/tunables.texi @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ following tunables in the @code{malloc} namespace: This tunable supersedes the @env{MALLOC_CHECK_} environment variable and is identical in features. -Setting this tunable to a non-zero value enables a special (less +Setting this tunable to a non-zero value less than 4 enables a special (less efficient) memory allocator for the @code{malloc} family of functions that is designed to be tolerant against simple errors such as double calls of free with the same argument, or overruns of a single byte (off-by-one |