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+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#ifndef _MCHECK_H
+#define _MCHECK_H 1
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#if defined (__cplusplus) || (defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__)
+#undef __P
+#define __P(args) args
+#undef __ptr_t
+#define __ptr_t void *
+#else /* Not C++ or ANSI C. */
+#undef __P
+#define __P(args) ()
+#undef __ptr_t
+#define __ptr_t char *
+#endif /* C++ or ANSI C. */
+
+
+/* Return values for `mprobe': these are the kinds of inconsistencies that
+ `mcheck' enables detection of. */
+enum mcheck_status
+ {
+ MCHECK_DISABLED = -1, /* Consistency checking is not turned on. */
+ MCHECK_OK, /* Block is fine. */
+ MCHECK_FREE, /* Block freed twice. */
+ MCHECK_HEAD, /* Memory before the block was clobbered. */
+ MCHECK_TAIL /* Memory after the block was clobbered. */
+ };
+
+
+/* Activate a standard collection of debugging hooks. This must be called
+ before `malloc' is ever called. ABORTFUNC is called with an error code
+ (see enum above) when an inconsistency is detected. If ABORTFUNC is
+ null, the standard function prints on stderr and then calls `abort'. */
+extern int mcheck __P ((void (*__abortfunc) __P ((enum mcheck_status))));
+
+/* Check for aberrations in a particular malloc'd block. You must have
+ called `mcheck' already. These are the same checks that `mcheck' does
+ when you free or reallocate a block. */
+extern enum mcheck_status mprobe __P ((__ptr_t __ptr));
+
+/* Activate a standard collection of tracing hooks. */
+extern void mtrace __P ((void));
+extern void muntrace __P ((void));
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* mcheck.h */