Top "Glibc" questions

The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system and most systems with the Linux kernel.

glibc function to retrieve current executable name?

i'm wondering if there is a glibc function that i can use from gcc/g++ that will retrieve the current …

c gcc glibc addr2line
What is the difference between glibc's MALLOC_CHECK_, M_CHECK_ACTION, and mcheck?

glibc seems to have more than one way of doing some heap checking: mallopt with the M_CHECK_ACTION parameter …

debugging glibc heap-corruption
Library path order for alternate glibc dynamic linker (ld.so)

I need to use an alternate glibc version, newer than the one installed on my system (2.18 vs 2.15). Several related issues …

linux shared-libraries ld glibc dynamic-linking
mmap fails when length is larger than 4GB

(The correct code is in 'Update 5') I tried to map a range of memory from 0x100000000 to 0x200000000 in …

c linux gcc fedora glibc
Valgrind for ARM with Linaro Toolchain requiring libc6-dbg with Buildroot

I cross compiled Valgrind (http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-3.8.1.tar.bz2) for ARM using the following commands with the Linaro …

arm valgrind cross-compiling glibc buildroot
How to install multiple versions of glibc?

I have a glibc version 2.19 on ubuntu installed. I would also like to install 2.3.4 version along with 2.19 on my machine. …

c ubuntu glibc
using glibc malloc hooks in a thread safe manner

I would like to monitor the use of mallocs and frees in an application by using the malloc and free …

c malloc glibc
what does "malloc_trim(0)" really mean?

The manual page told me so much and through it I know lots of the background knowledge of memory management …

malloc glibc trim sbrk
__vdso_time missing from core utils?

I built the latest glibc and now i'm having some trouble with functions in coreutils like ls or cat or …

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configure: error: *** These critical programs are missing or too old: gcc make while installing glibc2.12 on Opensuse 42.3

I am trying to install glibc-2.12.2 because Haskell-stack specifically needs 2.12 version. ldd --version ldd (GNU libc) 2.26 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software …

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