Re: patches for memprof on current glibc

[Jochen Baier <Jochen Baier stud uni-karlsruhe de>]

John Berthels wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've been trying to get GNOME cvs memprof building and running on ubuntu 5.10.
>
> There was a compilation issue with newer binutils (already fixed in
> the ubuntu patchset) and also a problem caused by the fact that
> backtrace() in glibc 2.3.5 calls dlopen(), which calls malloc and
> hence recurses.
>
> By sticking in a simple-minded malloc for use during startup (and
> forcing initialisation of backtrace() at init time), I can get memprof
> running (with the colour display working) and the 'leaks' button
> working.
>
> The 'profile' button currently causes a segv (looks like it might be
> gtk_list_store related at the moment) and I haven't tested on anything
> apart from simple single-threaded apps.
>
> Would patches along these lines be welcome? Sent to this list or the
> current maintainer (I'm afraid I'm not sure who that is). I don't have
> "production quality" patches yet, but I can clean up + post what I
> have if there is any interest.
>
> regards,
>
> jb
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hi,

iam really interested in a working memprof. this app is really great.
can you upload the patches/motified version somewhere ? or sent it to me 
or to the list.


thanks for your work, jochen