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Old 07-18-2005
Question overriding function calls without recompiling
i want to replace the *alloc and free function calls in an existing project with my own functions, to be able to log the adresses etc in a text file. (memoryleak debugging)
I think LD_PRELOAD is what i am looking for.
That way i could create a Library with my own malloc functions and link them into the project with the LD_PRELOAD environment.

--> But <--
LD_PRELOAD is not aviable on AIX 5.2.
Is there another way (workaround) to override certain functions without having recompiling to the whole source?
I could live with re-linking the executable but ofcourse it would be the most comfortable way, not having to touch the exe.

i am thankful for any kind of tipps or hints
Lazzar
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Old 07-22-2005
try DPCL
Hi

You can use DPCL, this is a tool that allows dynamic code change on an existing running process image, and the image change does not require recompiling nor restarting the process, look at this page here http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpcl/

Good luck
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