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Sunny Rajpal wrote:
> 
> Here is my dilemma...
> I am writing a set of wrapper functions for intelligent memory
> management in c.
> My library will be a layer of abstraction between the programmer and
> memory allocation.
> We all have had problems with memory leaks and this is a solution.
> My memory manager will give the program memory when it needs it and
> keeps track of certain things.
> It will also allow for memory pools and memory caching.
> 
> The problem I am having is that I would like to know which user function
> called my memory routines.
> This will help in tracking down memory leaks, it will actually tell you
> where there are possible leaks in your code.
> I need to find a way to track and get information about the function
> that invokes my memory manager functions.
> 
> If anybody can help that would be great.
> 

The usual technique is to use a macro to invoke the memory allocator:

void *allocate(size_t sz, const char *file, int line);
#define alloc(sz) allocate(sz, __FILE__, __LINE__)

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