On 05/27/2013 07:28 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > glibc wipes malloc(3) memory when the MALLOC_PERTURB_ environment > variable is set. The value of the environment variable determines the > bit pattern used to wipe memory. For more information, see > http://udrepper.livejournal.com/11429.html. > > Set MALLOC_PERTURB_ for gtester and qemu-iotests. Note we pick a random > value from 1 to 255 to expose more bugs. If you need to reproduce a > crash use 'show environment' in gdb to extract the MALLOC_PERTURB_ > value from a core dump. > > Both make check and qemu-iotests pass with MALLOC_PERTURB_ enabled. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> > --- > Embarassing how long it's taking to get this right :P
But at least the code review process prevents your embarrassment from being codified into qemu.git across multiple commits :) Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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