Re: [[patch] 2/2] malloc_hook.3: modernize for glibc 2.34

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hello Paul,

On 8/10/21 9:37 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> ---
>  man3/malloc_hook.3 | 13 ++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.

Thanks you!

Cheers,

Michael

> diff --git a/man3/malloc_hook.3 b/man3/malloc_hook.3
> index 6d944003b..7b76bbc9b 100644
> --- a/man3/malloc_hook.3
> +++ b/man3/malloc_hook.3
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>  .SH NAME
>  __malloc_hook, __malloc_initialize_hook,
>  __memalign_hook, __free_hook, __realloc_hook,
> -__after_morecore_hook \- malloc debugging variables
> +__after_morecore_hook \- malloc debugging variables (DEPRECATED)
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
>  .nf
>  .B "#include <malloc.h>"
> @@ -86,11 +86,18 @@ The use of these hook functions is not safe in multithreaded programs,
>  and they are now deprecated.
>  From glibc 2.24 onwards, the
>  .B __malloc_initialize_hook
> -variable has been removed from the API.
> +variable has been removed from the API,
> +and from glibc 2.34 onwards, all
> +the hook variables have been removed from the API.
>  .\" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450187
>  .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9957
>  Programmers should instead preempt calls to the relevant functions
> -by defining and exporting functions such as "malloc" and "free".
> +by defining and exporting
> +.BR malloc (),
> +.BR free (),
> +.BR realloc (),
> +and
> +.BR calloc ().
>  .SH EXAMPLES
>  Here is a short example of how to use these variables.
>  .PP
> 


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