Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:11:30 -0800 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How process size is calculated? Is it always based on the current highest available address in memory space? Message-ID: <49585C02.1030508@rawbw.com>
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malloc(3) can be controlled by MALLOC_OPTIONS to use mmap-based allocation as opposed to sbrk-based allocation. But allocations/deallocations with mmaps can eventually lead to non-continuously mmapped memory (having some non-mmapped gaps). Are these gaps excluded from the process size or size is always linked to the current highest available address in memory space? Yuri
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