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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 4c5ea84c08c..f74a55287bf 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.48 2007/09/03 14:37:02 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.49 2007/09/03 21:38:34 millert Exp $ .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2007 $ .Dt MALLOC 3 @@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ The .Fn free function causes the space pointed to by .Fa ptr -to be deallocated, that is, at least made available for further allocation, -but if possible, it will be passed back to the kernel with -.Xr sbrk 2 . +to be either placed on a list of free pages to make it available for future +allocation or, if required, to be returned to the kernel using +.Xr munmap 2 . If .Fa ptr is a null pointer, no action occurs. @@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ We found something we didn't understand. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr brk 2 , +.Xr mmap 2 , +.Xr munmap 2 , .Xr alloca 3 , .Xr getpagesize 3 .Sh STANDARDS |