opensolaris man page for 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)