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diff --git a/manual/probes.texi b/manual/probes.texi index 50e0fc24f6..696525da48 100644 --- a/manual/probes.texi +++ b/manual/probes.texi @@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ corresponding two-argument functions, so that in all of these probes the user-requested allocation size is in @var{$arg1}. @end deftp +@deftp Probe memory_arena_retry (size_t @var{$arg1}, void *@var{$arg2}) +This probe is triggered within @code{arena_get_retry} (the function +called to select the alternate arena in which to retry an allocation +that failed on the first attempt), before the selection of an alternate +arena. This probe is redundant, but much easier to use when it's not +important to determine which of the various memory allocation functions +is failing to allocate on the first try. Argument @var{$arg1} is the +same as in the function-specific probes, except for extra room for +padding introduced by functions that have to ensure stricter alignment. +Argument @var{$arg2} is the arena in which allocation failed. +@end deftp + @deftp Probe memory_arena_new (void *@var{$arg1}, size_t @var{$arg2}) This probe is triggered when @code{malloc} allocates and initializes an additional arena (not the main arena), but before the arena is assigned |