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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi index cca8e81..3a505e6 100644 --- a/manual/memory.texi +++ b/manual/memory.texi @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ track down. There is one problem with @code{MALLOC_CHECK_}: in SUID or SGID binaries it could possibly be exploited since diverging from the normal programs -behaviour it now writes something to the standard error desriptor. +behavior it now writes something to the standard error descriptor. Therefore the use of @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} is disabled by default for SUID and SGID binaries. It can be enabled again by the system administrator by adding a file @file{/etc/suid-debug} (the content is @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ my_malloc_hook (size_t size, const void *caller) __free_hook = old_free_hook; /* Call recursively */ result = malloc (size); - /* Save underlaying hooks */ + /* Save underlying hooks */ old_malloc_hook = __malloc_hook; old_free_hook = __free_hook; /* @r{@code{printf} might call @code{malloc}, so protect it too.} */ @@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ my_free_hook (void *ptr, const void *caller) __free_hook = old_free_hook; /* Call recursively */ free (ptr); - /* Save underlaying hooks */ + /* Save underlying hooks */ old_malloc_hook = __malloc_hook; old_free_hook = __free_hook; /* @r{@code{printf} might call @code{free}, so protect it too.} */ @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ variable named @code{MALLOC_TRACE}. This variable is supposed to contain a valid file name. The user must have write access. If the file already exists it is truncated. If the environment variable is not set or it does not name a valid file which can be opened for writing -nothing is done. The behaviour of @code{malloc} etc. is not changed. +nothing is done. The behavior of @code{malloc} etc. is not changed. For obvious reasons this also happens if the application is installed with the SUID or SGID bit set. @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ systems. The prototype can be found in @file{mcheck.h}. @comment GNU @deftypefun void muntrace (void) The @code{muntrace} function can be called after @code{mtrace} was used -to enable tracing the @code{malloc} calls. If no (succesful) call of +to enable tracing the @code{malloc} calls. If no (successful) call of @code{mtrace} was made @code{muntrace} does nothing. Otherwise it deinstalls the handlers for @code{malloc}, @code{realloc}, @@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ systems. The prototype can be found in @file{mcheck.h}. @subsubsection Example program excerpts Even though the tracing functionality does not influence the runtime -behaviour of the program it is not a good idea to call @code{mtrace} in +behavior of the program it is not a good idea to call @code{mtrace} in all programs. Just imagine that you debug a program using @code{mtrace} and all other programs used in the debugging session also trace their @code{malloc} calls. The output file would be the same for all programs @@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ executed this function and specified @code{MCL_CURRENT}, any system call by the process that requires space be added to its virtual address space fails with @code{errno} = @code{ENOMEM} if locking the additional space would cause the process to exceed its locked page limit. In the case -that the address space addition that can't be accomodated is stack +that the address space addition that can't be accommodated is stack expansion, the stack expansion fails and the kernel sends a @code{SIGSEGV} signal to the process. |