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author | njn <njn@a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9> | 2011-01-04 23:46:07 +0000 |
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committer | njn <njn@a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9> | 2011-01-04 23:46:07 +0000 |
commit | 7c02ba7c0457974d64ec661270d5bc42fcf59ef0 (patch) | |
tree | 912ab99c9c85a885d72a921b51f1e6cec7f19341 /docs | |
parent | d2b78a660ea0dabaa8e2b7256740ffe94c9b87e6 (diff) |
Clarify some details about "possibly lost" heap blocks.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@11491 a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/xml/FAQ.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/xml/FAQ.xml b/docs/xml/FAQ.xml index 983e02ad..af197f85 100644 --- a/docs/xml/FAQ.xml +++ b/docs/xml/FAQ.xml @@ -528,8 +528,9 @@ int main(void) </listitem> <listitem> <para>"possibly lost" means your program is leaking - memory, unless you're doing funny things with pointers. - This is sometimes reasonable. Use + memory, unless you're doing unusual things with pointers that could + cause them to point into the middle of an allocated block; see the + user manual for some possible causes. Use <option>--show-possibly-lost=no</option> if you don't want to see these reports.</para> </listitem> |