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changeset 13332:360961713a01
init.sh: enable MALLOC_PERTURB_
* tests/init.sh: Enable glibc's malloc-perturbing option.
| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 09 May 2010 22:39:34 +0200 |
| parents | dc2c7e3048ec |
| children | dd75a1afe536 |
| files | ChangeLog tests/init.sh |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ 2010-05-09 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + init.sh: enable MALLOC_PERTURB_ + * tests/init.sh: Enable glibc's malloc-perturbing option. + maint.mk: improve sc_cross_check_PATH_usage_in_tests With my recent change in init.sh from the two-line form: -# : ${srcdir=.}
--- a/tests/init.sh +++ b/tests/init.sh @@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ test -n "$EXEEXT" && shopt -s expand_aliases +# Enable glibc's malloc-perturbing option. +# This is cheap and useful for exposing code that depends on the fact that +# malloc-related functions often return memory that is mostly zeroed. +# If you have the time and cycles, use valgrind to do an even better job. +${MALLOC_PERTURB_=87} +export MALLOC_PERTURB_ + # We use a trap below for cleanup. This requires us to go through # hoops to get the right exit status transported through the handler. # So use `Exit STATUS' instead of `exit STATUS' inside of the tests.