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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
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@@ -346,8 +346,9 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
- Detect write before the start of the buffer (buffer underflow)
- Detect write after the end of the buffer (buffer overflow)
- Check that the :term:`GIL <global interpreter lock>` is held when
- allocator functions of the :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ` domain (ex:
- :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`) are called
+ allocator functions of :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ` (ex:
+ :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`) and :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_MEM` (ex:
+ :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc`) domains are called
On error, the debug hooks use the :mod:`tracemalloc` module to get the
traceback where a memory block was allocated. The traceback is only
@@ -361,7 +362,9 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
This function now also works on Python compiled in release mode.
On error, the debug hooks now use :mod:`tracemalloc` to get the traceback
- where a memory block was allocated.
+ where a memory block was allocated. The debug hooks now also check
+ if the GIL is hold when functions of :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ` and
+ :c:data:`PYMEM_DOMAIN_MEM` domains are called.
.. _pymalloc: