Fletcher,

You could attach mdb to the running process and disassemble the routine 
in question :
-- snip --
# mdb -p <pid>
 > malloc::dis
libc.so.1`malloc:               pushl  %ebp
libc.so.1`malloc+1:             movl   %esp,%ebp
libc.so.1`malloc+3:             pushl  %ebx
libc.so.1`malloc+4:             pushl  %esi
libc.so.1`malloc+5:             pushl  %edi
libc.so.1`malloc+6:             call   +0x5     <libc.so.1`malloc+0xb>
libc.so.1`malloc+0xb:           popl   %ebx
libc.so.1`malloc+0xc:           addl   $0x88fe1,%ebx
-- snip --

So, in my case notice that the first instruction is "pushl".

Thanks and regards,
Sanjeev.
Fletcher Cocquyt wrote:
> Can you please provide a reference for disassembling malloc on Solaris 10?
> I am also pursuing the previous suggestion of a Python provider - this one
> seems to be against Python 2.5:
> http://blogs.sun.com/binujp/resource/pydtrace/diffs
>
> Thanks,
> Fletcher
>
> On 7/1/08 9:48 PM, "Sanjeev Bagewadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello Fletcher,
>>
>>  From the error looks like dtrace is not able recognize it as probe.
>> DTrace needs a signature for the function to be detected as probe.
>> Probably this is missing in case of malloc.
>>
>> Just to double check this you could disassemble malloc and check if we
>> have a "push' instruction at the beginning.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Sanjeev.
>>
>> Fletcher Cocquyt wrote:
>>     
>>> Hola, I am trying to isolate the memory leak I suspect in a mailman
>>> installation ­ I found:
>>> http://blogs.sun.com/sanjeevb/date/200506
>>>
>>> It gives an error:
>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ 9:21am 65 # ./memleak.d 10312
>>> dtrace: failed to compile script ./memleak.d: line 3: probe
>>> description pid10312:libc.so.1:malloc:entry does not match any probes
>>>
>>> I am on SunOS 5.10 Generic_127112-07 i86pc i386 i86pc
>>>
>>> Are there some better scripts for isolating memory leaks?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Fletch.
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