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Re: [PATCH] malloc: Remove check_action variable [BZ #21754]
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:31:55 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] malloc: Remove check_action variable [BZ #21754]
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On 08/30/2017 06:29 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> Should we update the documentation?
>
> (a) manual/tunables.texi needs an update of glibc.malloc.check documentation
> to remove those values which no longer do anything.
That's already in master. However, I'm going to remove the
documentation of the check_action probe and the probe itself.
> (B) Please remove '@comment TODO: @item M_CHECK_ACTION' from manual/memory.texi.
Sure.
> Do you plan to submit a manual update for linux man pages which document mallopt?
Yes, eventually, once we have decided what to do with the header file
and malloc checking in general.
Thanks,
Florian