Re: [hackers] Re: Setting memory allocators for library functions.

[Tony Finch]

Maxime Henrion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tony Finch wrote:
>> 
>> If it's available at all, mprotect() is often limited to memory
>> obtained with mmap(), i.e. not malloc(). Not great for portability.
>
>FreeBSD malloc() calls mmap() as AFAIK many (if not all) malloc()
>implementations.

FreeBSD malloc() uses sbrk() for memory that it returns to the
application and mmap() for book-keeping memory (the page index).

Tony.
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