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author | millert <> | 2007-09-03 21:38:34 +0000 |
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committer | millert <> | 2007-09-03 21:38:34 +0000 |
commit | 4021cf58e3f5c5243f526ffd1336767dfe8458f2 (patch) | |
tree | ee7a6cb6e54acb047869138f4c74faf03c6bf813 | |
parent | 5bcc2c737c02ba15c72017d1245c3b8403f689ea (diff) | |
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Update free(3) section--we use mmap()/munmap(), not brk().
Based on a diff from Mike Belopuhov. OK jmc@
-rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 4c5ea84c08..f74a55287b 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | |||
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ | |||
30 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | 30 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
31 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | 31 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
32 | .\" | 32 | .\" |
33 | .\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.48 2007/09/03 14:37:02 millert Exp $ | 33 | .\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.49 2007/09/03 21:38:34 millert Exp $ |
34 | .\" | 34 | .\" |
35 | .Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2007 $ | 35 | .Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2007 $ |
36 | .Dt MALLOC 3 | 36 | .Dt MALLOC 3 |
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ The | |||
125 | .Fn free | 125 | .Fn free |
126 | function causes the space pointed to by | 126 | function causes the space pointed to by |
127 | .Fa ptr | 127 | .Fa ptr |
128 | to be deallocated, that is, at least made available for further allocation, | 128 | to be either placed on a list of free pages to make it available for future |
129 | but if possible, it will be passed back to the kernel with | 129 | allocation or, if required, to be returned to the kernel using |
130 | .Xr sbrk 2 . | 130 | .Xr munmap 2 . |
131 | If | 131 | If |
132 | .Fa ptr | 132 | .Fa ptr |
133 | is a null pointer, no action occurs. | 133 | is a null pointer, no action occurs. |
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ We found something we didn't understand. | |||
449 | .El | 449 | .El |
450 | .Sh SEE ALSO | 450 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
451 | .Xr brk 2 , | 451 | .Xr brk 2 , |
452 | .Xr mmap 2 , | ||
453 | .Xr munmap 2 , | ||
452 | .Xr alloca 3 , | 454 | .Xr alloca 3 , |
453 | .Xr getpagesize 3 | 455 | .Xr getpagesize 3 |
454 | .Sh STANDARDS | 456 | .Sh STANDARDS |