Make PERL_MEM_LOG more portable.

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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@25128

diff --git a/handy.h b/handy.h
index 106996d..681290e 100644 (file)
--- a/handy.h
+++ b/handy.h
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ Null SV pointer.
 #endif
 
 /* Try to figure out __func__ or __FUNCTION__ equivalent, if any.
- * XXX Should really be a Configure probe. */
+ * XXX Should really be a Configure probe, with HAS__FUNCTION__
+ *     and FUNCTION__ as results.
+ * XXX Similarly, a Configure probe for __FILE__ and __LINE__ is needed. */
 #if (defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) || (defined(__SUNPRO_C)) /* C99 or close enough. */
 #  define FUNCTION__ __func__
 #else
@@ -642,9 +644,9 @@ hopefully catches attempts to access uninitialized memory.
  * If PERL_MEM_LOG is defined, all Newx()s, Renew()s, and Safefree()s
  * go through functions, which are handy for debugging breakpoints, but
  * which more importantly get the immediate calling environment (file and
- * line number) passed in.  This can then be used for logging the calls,
- * for which one can get a sample implementation if PERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR
- * is defined.
+ * line number, and C function name if available) passed in.  This info can
+ * then be used for logging the calls, for which one gets a sample
+ * implementation if PERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR is defined.
  * 
  * Known problems:
  * - all memory allocs do not get logged, only those

diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
index f797851..1a88b52 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -2473,9 +2473,13 @@ your favourite debugger to discover where those pesky SVs were allocated.
 If compiled with C<-DPERL_MEM_LOG>, all Newx() and Renew() allocations
 and Safefree() in the Perl core go through logging functions, which is
 handy for breakpoint setting.  If also compiled with C<-DPERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR>,
-the allocations and frees are logged to STDERR in these logging functions,
-with the calling source code file and line number (and C function name,
-if supported by the C compiler).
+the allocations and frees are logged to STDERR (or more precisely, to the
+file descriptor 2) in these logging functions, with the calling source code
+file and line number (and C function name, if supported by the C compiler).
+
+This logging is somewhat similar to C<-Dm> but independent of C<-DDEBUGGING>,
+and at a higher level (the C<-Dm> is directly at the point of C<malloc()>,
+while the C<PERL_MEMLOG> is at the level of C<New()>>.
 
 =head2 Profiling
 

diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 6caedaa..74f5944 100644 (file)
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -4960,17 +4960,19 @@ Perl_free_global_struct(pTHX_ struct perl_vars *plvarsp)
 
 #ifdef PERL_MEM_LOG
 
+#define PERL_MEM_LOG_SPRINTF_BUF_SIZE 128
+
 Malloc_t
 Perl_mem_log_alloc(const UV n, const UV typesize, const char *typename, Malloc_t newalloc, const char *filename, const int linenumber, const char *funcname)
 {
 #ifdef PERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR
-    /* We can't use PerlIO_printf() for obvious reasons. */
-    char buf[1024];
+    /* We can't use PerlIO for obvious reasons. */
+    char buf[PERL_MEM_LOG_SPRINTF_BUF_SIZE];
     sprintf(buf,
            "alloc: %s:%d:%s: %"IVdf" %"UVuf" %s = %"IVdf": %"UVxf"\n",
            filename, linenumber, funcname,
            n, typesize, typename, n * typesize, PTR2UV(newalloc));
-    write(2, buf, strlen(buf));
+    PerlLIO_write(2,  buf, strlen(buf));
 #endif
     return newalloc;
 }
@@ -4979,13 +4981,13 @@ Malloc_t
 Perl_mem_log_realloc(const UV n, const UV typesize, const char *typename, Malloc_t oldalloc, Malloc_t newalloc, const char *filename, const int linenumber, const char *funcname)
 {
 #ifdef PERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR
-    /* We can't use PerlIO_printf() for obvious reasons. */
-    char buf[1024];
+    /* We can't use PerlIO for obvious reasons. */
+    char buf[PERL_MEM_LOG_SPRINTF_BUF_SIZE];
     sprintf(buf,
            "realloc: %s:%d:%s: %"IVdf" %"UVuf" %s = %"IVdf": %"UVxf" -> %"UVxf"\n",
            filename, linenumber, funcname,
            n, typesize, typename, n * typesize, PTR2UV(oldalloc), PTR2UV(newalloc));
-    write(2, buf, strlen(buf));
+    PerlLIO_write(2,  buf, strlen(buf));
 #endif
     return newalloc;
 }
@@ -4994,11 +4996,11 @@ Malloc_t
 Perl_mem_log_free(Malloc_t oldalloc, const char *filename, const int linenumber, const char *funcname)
 {
 #ifdef PERL_MEM_LOG_STDERR
-    /* We can't use PerlIO_printf() for obvious reasons. */
-    char buf[1024];
+    /* We can't use PerlIO for obvious reasons. */
+    char buf[PERL_MEM_LOG_SPRINTF_BUF_SIZE];
     sprintf(buf, "free: %s:%d:%s: %"UVxf"\n",
            filename, linenumber, funcname, PTR2UV(oldalloc));
-    write(2, buf, strlen(buf));
+    PerlLIO_write(2,  buf, strlen(buf));
 #endif
     return oldalloc;
 }