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'F'reeguard doc, as reported missing by brad. nit free thanks to jmc

OPENBSD_3_5
tedu 21 years ago
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\" .\"
.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.33 2003/11/25 12:32:54 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.34 2004/02/02 18:15:52 tedu Exp $
.\" .\"
.Dd August 27, 1996 .Dd August 27, 1996
.Dt MALLOC 3 .Dt MALLOC 3
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This option requires the library to have been compiled with -DMALLOC_STATS in This option requires the library to have been compiled with -DMALLOC_STATS in
order to have any effect. order to have any effect.
.Pp .Pp
.It Cm F
.Dq Freeguard .
Enable use after free protection.
Unused pages on the freelist are read and write protected to
cause a segmentation fault upon access.
.Pp
.It Cm G .It Cm G
.Dq Guard .
Enable guard pages and chunk randomization. Enable guard pages and chunk randomization.
Each page size or larger allocation is followed by a guard page that will Each page size or larger allocation is followed by a guard page that will
cause a segmentation fault upon any access. cause a segmentation fault upon any access.


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