Changeset b7daa52a

Timestamp:

02/17/2022 11:39:07 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

85d9756b

Parents:

d6f5aab

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/17/2022 10:32:33 AM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (02/17/2022 11:39:07 AM)

Message:

glibc: update desc for content

Add libc_malloc_check.so (it's like libmcheck.a, but should be used with
LD_PRELOAD).

Add description for libmvec.

"libnss" -> "libnss_*", and reword the description.

File:

• chapter08/glibc.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -488 +488 @@
         <seg>ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, ld-linux.so.2,
         libBrokenLocale.{a,so}, libanl.{a,so},
-        libc.{a,so}, libc_nonshared.a,
+        libc.{a,so}, libc_nonshared.a, libc_malloc_debug.so,
         libcrypt.{a,so}, libdl.{a,so.2}, libg.a, libm.{a,so},
         libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libmvec.{a,so}, libnsl.so.1,
@@ -783 +783 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="libc_malloc_debug">
+        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libc_malloc_debug</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Turns on memory allocation checking when preloaded</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc_malloc_debug">
+            <primary sortas="c-libc_malloc_debug">libc_malloc_debug</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="libcrypt">
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term>
@@ -826 +836 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="libmvec">
+        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmvec</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>The vector math library, linked in as needed
+          when <filename class='libraryfile'>libm</filename> is used</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmvec">
+            <primary sortas="c-libmvec">libmvec</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="libmcheck">
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term>
@@ -858 +879 @@
 
       <varlistentry id="libnss">
-        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss</filename></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for
+        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss_*</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>The Name Service Switch modules, containing functions for
           resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services,
-          protocols, etc.</para>
+          protocols, etc.  Loaded by
+          <filename class='libraryfile'>libc</filename> according to the
+          configuration in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss">
-            <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary>
+            <primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss_*</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>