On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 09:11:46PM -0400, Brad wrote:
> At the moment the malloc(3) page does not mention what malloc options
> are actually being enabled if using the S option and it is a shortcut
> to enable the 3 existing options.
Why document this? The idea is: just use S unless you have some very
specific needs.
-Otto
>
>
> Index: lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3,v
> retrieving revision 1.68
> diff -u -p -r1.68 malloc.3
> --- lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 26 May 2010 08:22:11 -0000 1.68
> +++ lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 9 Aug 2010 01:06:35 -0000
> @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ This can substantially aid in compacting
> .\"Consult the source for this one.
> .It Cm S
> Enable all options suitable for security auditing.
> +This results in the the options F, G, and J being enabled.
> .It Cm X
> .Dq xmalloc .
> Rather than return failure,
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