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@@ -297,6 +297,20 @@ config TPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN particular needs this to operate, so that it can allocate the initial serial device and any others that are needed. +config VALGRIND + bool "Inform valgrind about memory allocations" + help + Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis + tools. In particular, it may be used to detect memory management bugs + in U-Boot. It relies on knowing when heap blocks are allocated in + order to give accurate results. This happens automatically for + standard allocator functions provided by the host OS. However, this + doesn't automatically happen for U-Boot's malloc implementation. + + Enable this option to annotate U-Boot's malloc implementation so that + it can be handled accurately by Valgrind. If you aren't planning on + using valgrind to debug U-Boot, say 'n'. + menuconfig EXPERT bool "Configure standard U-Boot features (expert users)" default y |