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diff --git a/src/vpp/mem/mem.md b/src/vpp/mem/mem.md deleted file mode 100644 index 84ab820e5e5..00000000000 --- a/src/vpp/mem/mem.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -# VPP mem preload {#mempreload_doc} - -Internal VPP memory allocations rely on VPP main-heap, however when using -external libraries, esp. in plugins (eg. OpenSSL library used by the IKEv2 -plugin), those external libraries usually manages memory using the standard -libc `malloc()`/`free()`/... calls. This, in turn, makes use of the default -libc heap. - -VPP has no knowledge of this heap and tools such as memory traces cannot be -used. - -In order to enable the use of standard VPP debugging tools, this library -replaces standard libc memory management calls with version using VPP -main-heap. - -To use it, you need to use the `LD_PRELOAD` mechanism, eg. -``` -~# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvppmem_preload.so /usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup.conf -``` - -You can then use tools such as memory traces as usual. |