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.

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:

See Also

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