Document M_PERTURB

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+2010-07-27  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@redhat.com>
+
+       * manual/memory.texi (Malloc Tunable Parameters): Document
+       M_PERTURB.
+
 2010-07-26  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
 
        [BZ #11840]

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@@ -702,6 +702,11 @@ be allocated via @code{mmap}.
 @item M_MMAP_MAX
 The maximum number of chunks to allocate with @code{mmap}.  Setting this
 to zero disables all use of @code{mmap}.
+@item M_PERTURB
+If non-zero, memory blocks are filled with values depending on some
+low order bits of this parameter when they are allocated (except when
+allocated by @code{calloc}) and freed.  This can be used to debug the
+use of uninitialized or freed heap memory.
 @end table
 
 @end deftypefun