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authorAndreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com>2010-07-26 15:28:15 +0200
committerAndreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com>2010-07-27 13:24:49 +0200
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@@ -702,6 +702,11 @@ be allocated via @code{mmap}.
@item M_MMAP_MAX
The maximum number of chunks to allocate with @code{mmap}. Setting this
to zero disables all use of @code{mmap}.
+@item M_PERTURB
+If non-zero, memory blocks are filled with values depending on some
+low order bits of this parameter when they are allocated (except when
+allocated by @code{calloc}) and freed. This can be used to debug the
+use of uninitialized or freed heap memory.
@end table
@end deftypefun