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Re: patch for printf memory use tests


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: patch for printf memory use tests
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:49:15 +0100
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Hi Bruce,

> > The ability to check against memory leaks is an important feature
> > in the test suite, and it warrants jumping through a number of hoops.
> 
> Perhaps then it is worth testing more directly by replacing the
> memory management calls in the memory leak tests?

If we want to check whether a library function, such as dprintf(), has a
memory leak in this way, we need to override the system's malloc()
implementation. But this is only possible
  a) on ELF systems, or
  b) when linking statically.
Which brings portability / build constraints for the tests, which I would
better avoid.

Bruno



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