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-rw-r--r-- | include/pub_tool_tooliface.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/pub_tool_tooliface.h b/include/pub_tool_tooliface.h index d9d49727d..9796a3d08 100644 --- a/include/pub_tool_tooliface.h +++ b/include/pub_tool_tooliface.h @@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ extern void VG_(needs_data_syms) ( void ); /* Does the tool need shadow memory allocated? */ extern void VG_(needs_shadow_memory)( void ); -/* Does the tool replace malloc() and friends with its own versions? */ +/* Does the tool replace malloc() and friends with its own versions? + This has to be combined with the use of a vgpreload_<tool>.so module + or it won't work. See massif/Makefile.am for how to build it. */ // The 'p' prefix avoids GCC complaints about overshadowing global names. extern void VG_(needs_malloc_replacement)( void* (*pmalloc) ( ThreadId tid, SizeT n ), |