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author | jmc <> | 2005-06-07 09:04:42 +0000 |
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committer | jmc <> | 2005-06-07 09:04:42 +0000 |
commit | 78e3299eb70f83d8118c4baebc1105c99177e1e6 (patch) | |
tree | 628654b1ef73d0a63d3b33f5ee7dbbefd1d33fef /src | |
parent | 65ac8e1aa6c8de74722ab9326131aca3acef08db (diff) | |
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-rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 2b0f5632a9..8cf547251c 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 1.39 2005/06/07 04:42:42 tedu Exp $ | 33 | .\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.40 2005/06/07 09:04:42 jmc Exp $ |
34 | .\" | 34 | .\" |
35 | .Dd August 27, 1996 | 35 | .Dd August 27, 1996 |
36 | .Dt MALLOC 3 | 36 | .Dt MALLOC 3 |
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ Flags are single letters, uppercase means on, lowercase means off. | |||
182 | will coredump the process, rather than tolerate failure. | 182 | will coredump the process, rather than tolerate failure. |
183 | This is a very handy debugging aid, since the core file will represent the | 183 | This is a very handy debugging aid, since the core file will represent the |
184 | time of failure, rather than when the null pointer was accessed. | 184 | time of failure, rather than when the null pointer was accessed. |
185 | .Pp | ||
186 | .It Cm D | 185 | .It Cm D |
187 | .Dq Dump . | 186 | .Dq Dump . |
188 | .Fn malloc | 187 | .Fn malloc |
@@ -191,41 +190,34 @@ will dump statistics in a file called | |||
191 | at exit. | 190 | at exit. |
192 | This option requires the library to have been compiled with -DMALLOC_STATS in | 191 | This option requires the library to have been compiled with -DMALLOC_STATS in |
193 | order to have any effect. | 192 | order to have any effect. |
194 | .Pp | ||
195 | .It Cm F | 193 | .It Cm F |
196 | .Dq Freeguard . | 194 | .Dq Freeguard . |
197 | Enable use after free protection. | 195 | Enable use after free protection. |
198 | Unused pages on the freelist are read and write protected to | 196 | Unused pages on the freelist are read and write protected to |
199 | cause a segmentation fault upon access. | 197 | cause a segmentation fault upon access. |
200 | .Pp | ||
201 | .It Cm G | 198 | .It Cm G |
202 | .Dq Guard . | 199 | .Dq Guard . |
203 | Enable guard pages and chunk randomization. | 200 | Enable guard pages and chunk randomization. |
204 | Each page size or larger allocation is followed by a guard page that will | 201 | Each page size or larger allocation is followed by a guard page that will |
205 | cause a segmentation fault upon any access. | 202 | cause a segmentation fault upon any access. |
206 | Smaller than page size chunks are returned in a random order. | 203 | Smaller than page size chunks are returned in a random order. |
207 | .Pp | ||
208 | .It Cm H | 204 | .It Cm H |
209 | .Dq Hint . | 205 | .Dq Hint . |
210 | Pass a hint to the kernel about pages we don't use. | 206 | Pass a hint to the kernel about pages we don't use. |
211 | If the machine is paging a lot this may help a bit. | 207 | If the machine is paging a lot this may help a bit. |
212 | .Pp | ||
213 | .It Cm J | 208 | .It Cm J |
214 | .Dq Junk . | 209 | .Dq Junk . |
215 | Fill some junk into the area allocated. | 210 | Fill some junk into the area allocated. |
216 | Currently junk is bytes of 0xd0; this is pronounced | 211 | Currently junk is bytes of 0xd0; this is pronounced |
217 | .Dq Duh . | 212 | .Dq Duh . |
218 | \&:-) | 213 | \&:-) |
219 | .Pp | ||
220 | .It Cm N | 214 | .It Cm N |
221 | Do not output warning messages when encountering possible corruption | 215 | Do not output warning messages when encountering possible corruption |
222 | or bad pointers. | 216 | or bad pointers. |
223 | .Pp | ||
224 | .It Cm P | 217 | .It Cm P |
225 | .Dq Pointer Protection . | 218 | .Dq Pointer Protection . |
226 | Pointer sized allocations are aligned to the end of a page to catch | 219 | Pointer sized allocations are aligned to the end of a page to catch |
227 | sizeof(ptr) errors where sizeof(*ptr) is meant. | 220 | sizeof(ptr) errors where sizeof(*ptr) is meant. |
228 | .Pp | ||
229 | .It Cm R | 221 | .It Cm R |
230 | .Dq realloc . | 222 | .Dq realloc . |
231 | Always reallocate when | 223 | Always reallocate when |
@@ -239,7 +231,6 @@ This can substantially aid in compacting memory. | |||
239 | .\".Xr ktrace 1 | 231 | .\".Xr ktrace 1 |
240 | .\"for all operations. | 232 | .\"for all operations. |
241 | .\"Consult the source for this one. | 233 | .\"Consult the source for this one. |
242 | .Pp | ||
243 | .It Cm X | 234 | .It Cm X |
244 | .Dq xmalloc . | 235 | .Dq xmalloc . |
245 | Rather than return failure, | 236 | Rather than return failure, |
@@ -251,17 +242,14 @@ including in the source: | |||
251 | extern char *malloc_options; | 242 | extern char *malloc_options; |
252 | malloc_options = "X"; | 243 | malloc_options = "X"; |
253 | .Ed | 244 | .Ed |
254 | .Pp | ||
255 | .It Cm Z | 245 | .It Cm Z |
256 | .Dq Zero . | 246 | .Dq Zero . |
257 | Fill some junk into the area allocated (see | 247 | Fill some junk into the area allocated (see |
258 | .Cm J ) , | 248 | .Cm J ) , |
259 | except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed. | 249 | except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed. |
260 | .Pp | ||
261 | .It Cm < | 250 | .It Cm < |
262 | .Dq Half the cache size . | 251 | .Dq Half the cache size . |
263 | Reduce the size of the cache by a factor of two. | 252 | Reduce the size of the cache by a factor of two. |
264 | .Pp | ||
265 | .It Cm > | 253 | .It Cm > |
266 | .Dq Double the cache size . | 254 | .Dq Double the cache size . |
267 | Double the size of the cache by a factor of two. | 255 | Double the size of the cache by a factor of two. |