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-.TH MCHECK 3 2012-04-18 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH MCHECK 3 2014-01-11 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
mcheck, mcheck_check_all, mcheck_pedantic, mprobe \- heap consistency checking
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR malloc (3)
or a related function.
In cases where this is difficult to ensure, linking the program with
-.IR \-mcheck
+.IR \-lmcheck
inserts an implicit call to
.BR mcheck ()
(with a NULL argument)
The
.BR mcheck_check_all ()
function causes an immediate check on all allocated blocks.
-This call is only effective if
+This call is effective only if
.BR mcheck ()
is called beforehand.
.BR malloc (3),
.BR mallopt (3),
.BR mtrace (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+and information about reporting bugs,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.