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libmapmalloc(3LIB)

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also

Name

libmapmalloc– alternative memory allocator library

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... -lmapmalloc [ library... ]
#include <stdlib.h>

Description

Functions in this library provide malloc routines that use mmap(2) instead of sbrk(2) for acquiring heap space.

INTERFACES

The shared object libmapmalloc.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

calloc	cfree
free	mallinfo
malloc	mallopt
memalign	realloc
valloc

Files

/usr/lib/libmapmalloc.so.1

shared object

/usr/lib/64/libmapmalloc.so.1

64-bit shared object

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWcsl (32–bit)
	SUNWcslx (64–bit)
MT-Level	Safe

See Also

pvs(1), mmap(2), sbrk(2), Intro(3), malloc(3C), malloc(3MALLOC), mapmalloc(3MALLOC), attributes(5)

Name | Synopsis | Description | INTERFACES | Files | Attributes | See Also