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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:32:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ElectricFence
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903270931120.252-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903271120070.25868-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Anyone out there who uses ElectricFence to catch malloc problems, and
> knows the correct compile options to make certain that ElectricFence's
> malloc, and not the libc malloc, gets called?  I'm afraid just linking
> with -lefence won't be enough to make the libefence malloc override the
> libc malloc.

I tend to assume if the EF startup screen is used (and you notice the
massive slowdown) it's using the EF malloc.  If you're still not convinced
stick some debuggin printfs in there (or run it under gdb and set a
breakpoint).

- alex



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