> "APK" == Akhthar Parvez K writes:
APK> Yes, I think the memory space allocated by a process using
APK> malloc() can't be really freed up until the calling process is
APK> terminated. And processes that uses mmap() can unmap those chunk
APK> size of memory when it's not needed. I gue
On Thursday 13 May 2010 14:56:37 Akhthar Parvez K wrote:
> On Thursday 13 May 2010, Akhthar Parvez K wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 May 2010, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > > Then it is very likely that the memory allocated to the "mem" pointer
> > > will not be returned to the kernel due to the nature of mallo
On Thursday 13 May 2010, Akhthar Parvez K wrote:
> On Thursday 13 May 2010, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Then it is very likely that the memory allocated to the "mem" pointer will
> > not
> > be returned to the kernel due to the nature of malloc() and how it is an
> > abstraction above sbrk():
> >
>
On Thursday 13 May 2010, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Then it is very likely that the memory allocated to the "mem" pointer will
> not
> be returned to the kernel due to the nature of malloc() and how it is an
> abstraction above sbrk():
>
> http://linux.die.net/man/2/sbrk
>
> perl 5 makes use of sbrk
On Thursday 13 May 2010 11:59:36 Akhthar Parvez K wrote:
> Hi Uri,
> > APK> 3) Also, am I correct in guessing that the memory that's used to
> > APK> allocate a variable defined with 'my' will be freed up once the
> > APK> current lexical scope is exited?
> >
> > true but with a file lexical
Hi Uri,
Not sure if it was because I've been dealing with mainly web servers for the
past few years, but I always read your name as U-R-I instead of Uri. :-) It
looks like you've got a name that's relevant to your profession, most of us
didn't have that fortune!
On Thursday 13 May 2010, Uri Gu
> "APK" == Akhthar Parvez K writes:
APK> 1) Since a hash defined in the main part (outside the
APK> subroutines) of a program can be accessed from anywhere (from all
APK> subroutines), is it fine, in regards to security or even code
APK> elegancy, if we define a hash in the main part?
