On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:07:58AM -0800, Josh Green wrote: > Hello, I'm the author of refdbg (http://refdbg.sourceforge.net), a > GObject reference count debugger. Recently a user notified me that it > doesn't work with glib 2.6.x. Refdbg works by using LD_PRELOAD to > override the following functions in GObject: > > g_object_newv > g_type_free_instance > g_object_ref > g_object_unref > > It seems with glib 2.6.x the first two functions (g_object_newv and > g_type_free_instance), do not get overridden, while g_object_ref/unref > do. I was hoping that someone could give me some hints on why this is > happening. Tips on debugging the LD_PRELOAD process or a better method > of catching calls to these functions would also be appreciated. I'm afraid calls to these functions inside GLib itself cannot be overriden by LD_PRELOAD (or any other run-time method) any more. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145519 for discussion. Calls to the latter two usually appear outside GLib (in Gtk+ or user code) while to the former two inside GLib itself -- this explains the observed difference. Yeti -- Dynamic IP address is not a crime. _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
