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LIBMAPMALLOC 3LIB "May 22, 2003"
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
MT-Level Safe
SEE ALSO

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