On 8/31/07, Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Frodo Baggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>From 9beec03970ed9b4877b67e93a48eaf1e09b1ac9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Frodo Baggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:45:50 +0530 > > Subject: [PATCH] add malloc debugging using MALLOC_CHECK_ > > > > Set environment variable MALLOC_CHECK_ to 2 so that abort() is > > called when libc detects a heap problem. This way we get a memory dump > > to analyse in such conditions. > > I'd like to hear from others about this patch but it looks OK to me.
After a brief overview of this patch, and mentally regarding the usage of the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment variable, I think such use is fine. I believe it is best to abort early rather than later because of a toasted heap. -Matt (Enferex) _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
