10-15-2010
Kmalloc and malloc
Do kmalloc and malloc allocate from same heap ?
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libmapmalloc
libmapmalloc(3LIB) Interface Libraries libmapmalloc(3LIB)
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)
SunOS 5.11 22 May 2003 libmapmalloc(3LIB)