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Date:      Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:35:54 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r234396 - head
Message-ID:  <201204172035.q3HKZsVT098140@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jasone
Date: Tue Apr 17 20:35:54 2012
New Revision: 234396
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234396

Log:
  Update directions on how to disable malloc debugging.

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Tue Apr 17 20:21:04 2012	(r234395)
+++ head/UPDATING	Tue Apr 17 20:35:54 2012	(r234396)
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10
 	includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc
 	debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the
 	kernel.  Many developers choose to disable these features on build
-	machines to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
-	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
+	machines to maximize performance.  (To completely disable malloc
+	debugging, define MALLOC_PRODUCTION in /etc/make.conf, or to merely
+	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
+	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
 20120417:
 	The malloc(3) implementation embedded in libc now uses sources imported



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