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[Bug libc/1349] malloc_usable_size() incorrect when MALLOC_CHECK_>0


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1349

Andrew Clausen <clausen at econ dot upenn.edu> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
                 CC|                            |clausen at econ dot
                   |                            |upenn.edu
         Resolution|INVALID                     |

--- Comment #3 from Andrew Clausen <clausen at econ dot upenn.edu> 2011-04-16 15:34:58 UTC ---
I agree that this is a real bug.  I want to memset(ptr, 0,
malloc_usable_size(ptr)) my memory on free(3), so that my computer forgets all
of my private information.  This should work with mcheck() and friends.

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