From 2eb8835a4d5cd5986e98863c0bcb9d0c2b41ee85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elliott Hughes Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:36:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mallinfo.3: Further discourage use of mallinfo() The BUGS section already explains why you need to be cautious about using mallinfo, but given the number of bug reports we see on Android, it seems not many people are reading that far. Call it out up front. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man3/mallinfo.3 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/mallinfo.3 b/man3/mallinfo.3 index 0cf773882a..677a9a1cfd 100644 --- a/man3/mallinfo.3 +++ b/man3/mallinfo.3 @@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ function returns a copy of a structure containing information about memory allocations performed by .BR malloc (3) and related functions. -This structure is defined as follows: +.PP +Note that not all allocations are visible to +.BR mallinfo (); +see BUGS and consider using +.BR malloc_info (3) +instead. +.PP +The returned structure is defined as follows: .PP .in +4n .EX -- 2.39.2