Re: How to tell compiler to use my_malloc inplace of normal 'malloc'

["Ryan T. Sammartino" <ryants at home dot com>]

#define malloc my_malloc


or, on the command-line, gcc ... "-Dmalloc=my_malloc"



* Mynampati, Venkata S. <MynamVS@nsc-msg01.network.com> [22/08/2001 14:43]:
> Hi,
> My question is a bit confusing, but it pertains to what i read sometime
> back, which is like this:
> I read that while compiling i can tell the compiler to replace all mallocs
> with my wrapper function called 'my_malloc', in which, i do something
> and call malloc. I remember reading that i can use this facility to keep
> track of whose using malloc and how many number of times.
> i.e where ever 'malloc' is used, 'my_malloc' gets substituted.
> 
> Could you helping me how to achieve this using gcc? 
> [or may be i dreamt up this one]
> 
> Best Regards
> Venkat
> 
> 
> Worry about chances you miss when you don't even try.
>   
> 

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