- /* This is a call to malloc. Check to see if this is the first
- call in this indirection level; if so, mark it; if not, mark
- as escaping. */
+ /* This is a call to malloc of level 'level'.
+ mi->max_malloced_level-1 == level means that we've
+ seen a malloc statement of level 'level' before.
+ If the statement is not the same one that we've
+ seen before, then there's another malloc statement
+ for the same level, which means that we need to mark
+ it escaping. */