Bug#333565: glibc-doc: Hooks for Malloc example code bug (info pages)

[Elie De Brauwer <elie@de-brauwer.be>]

Package: glibc-doc
Version: 2.3.5-6
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Hello, this is a (very very very) small issue (small in ascii, but large in C/C++). In the libc info pages ( type info libc, /mtrac, scroll down to "*not Hooks for Malloc::" and press enter. In this page the prototypes are defined and explained. A certain prototype here is the one for "__free_hook" which is:

          void FUNCTION (void *PTR, const void *CALLER)

Lower on the page there is some example code:

     static void *
     my_free_hook (void *ptr, const void *caller)
     {
       /* Restore all old hooks */
       __malloc_hook = old_malloc_hook;
       __free_hook = old_free_hook;
       /* Call recursively */

So in this case you define a new function for free returning a pointer (to void) while it should simply return void (as the prototype defines). So in this case the patch is simply removing the * which is located in manual/memory.texi or as diff would say:

qntal:/tmp/glibc-2.3.5/glibc-2.3.5/manual# diff memory.texi.old memory.texi     
987c987
< static void *
---
> static void 


-- System Information:
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