Re: Uninitialized variables and F37

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On Friday, January 21, 2022 11:26:00 PM EST John Reiser wrote:
> > It  might be worthwhile to have a CFLAG that can tell glibc (or other
> > allocators) to substitute something like calloc for malloc.
> 
> The environment variable MALLOC_PERTURB_ has been used by glibc malloc
> for over 15 years.

Fair point. Looking over the man page, it says: Setting MALLOC_PERTURB_ to 
zero disables the feature.  I was hoping memory could be wiped to 0 which is 
a safer choice based on the literature I've read. But, yeah. An environmental 
variable would do as a way to measure impact.

-Steve

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