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Re: [PATCH v3] test-lib.sh: Use GLIBC_TUNABLES instead of MALLOC_CHECK_ on glibc >= 2.34

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 4, 2022, 19:59 UTC
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Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
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> In glibc >= 2.34 MALLOC_CHECK_ and MALLOC_PERTURB_ environment
> variables have been replaced by GLIBC_TUNABLES.  Also the new
> glibc requires that you preload a library called libc_malloc_debug.so
> to get these features.
>
> Using the ordinary glibc system variable detect if this is glibc >= 2.34 and
> use GLIBC_TUNABLES and the new library.
>
> This patch was inspired by a Richard W.M. Jones ndbkit patch
>
> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
> ---
> This is the third version of the patch.
>
> Compared to the second version[1], the code is further simplified,
> eliminating a case statement and modifying a string statement.

Thanks; will queue. Let's declare victory and merge it down to 'next' and 'master/main'.

Previous: Elia PintoNext: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
Message 2 of 19 in “test-lib.sh: Use GLIBC_TUNABLES instead of MALLOC_CHECK_ on glibc >= 2.34”
  1. test-lib.sh: Use GLIBC_TUNABLES instead of MALLOC_CHECK_ on glibc >= 2.34Elia Pinto, Mar 4, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2022
  3. test-lib.sh: use awk instead of expr for a POSIX non integer checkCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Mar 8, 2022
  4. Eric SunshineMar 8, 2022
  5. Eric SunshineMar 8, 2022
  6. Eric SunshineMar 9, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2022
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2022
  9. Eric SunshineMar 11, 2022
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 12, 2022
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2022
  12. Carlo ArenasMar 13, 2022
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2022
  14. Eric SunshineMar 11, 2022
  15. Elia PintoMar 13, 2022
  16. Phillip WoodApr 4, 2022
  17. Making the tests ~2.5x faster (was: [PATCH v3] test-lib.sh: Use GLIBC_TUNABLES instead of MALLOC_CHECK_ on glibc >= 2.34)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 5, 2022
  18. Phillip WoodApr 5, 2022
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 5, 2022

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