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4.5 KiB
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175 lines
4.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: brk.2,v 1.32 2004/05/13 10:20:57 wiz Exp $
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.\" @(#)brk.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
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.\"
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.Dd July 12, 1999
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.Dt BRK 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm brk ,
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.Nm sbrk
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.Nd change data segment size
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn brk "void *addr"
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.Ft void *
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.Fn sbrk "intptr_t incr"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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The brk and sbrk functions are legacy interfaces from before the
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advent of modern virtual memory management.
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn brk
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and
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.Fn sbrk
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functions are used to change the amount of memory allocated in a
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process's data segment.
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They do this by moving the location of the
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.Dq break .
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The break is the first address after the end of the process's
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uninitialized data segment (also known as the
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.Dq BSS ) .
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.Pp
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While the actual process data segment size maintained by the kernel will only
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grow or shrink in page sizes, these functions allow setting the break
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to unaligned values (i.e. it may point to any address inside the last
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page of the data segment).
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn brk
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function sets the break to
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.Fa addr .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sbrk
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function raises the break by at least
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.Fa incr
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bytes, thus allocating at least
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.Fa incr
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bytes of new memory in the data segment.
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If
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.Fa incr
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is negative,
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the break is lowered by
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.Fa incr
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bytes.
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.Pp
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.Fn sbrk
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returns the prior address of the break.
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The current value of the program break may be determined by calling
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.Fn sbrk 0 .
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(See also
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.Xr end 3 ) .
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr getrlimit 2
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system call may be used to determine
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the maximum permissible size of the
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.Em data
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segment;
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it will not be possible to set the break
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beyond the
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.Dv RLIMIT_DATA
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.Em rlim_max
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value returned from a call to
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.Xr getrlimit 2 ,
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e.g.
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.Dq etext + rlim.rlim_max .
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(see
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.Xr end 3
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for the definition of
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.Em etext ) .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn brk
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returns 0 if successful;
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otherwise \-1 with
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.Va errno
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set to indicate why the allocation failed.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sbrk
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function returns the prior break value if successful;
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otherwise ((void *)\-1) is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate why the allocation failed.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn brk
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or
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.Fn sbrk
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will fail and no additional memory will be allocated if
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one of the following are true:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The limit, as set by
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.Xr setrlimit 2 ,
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was exceeded.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The maximum possible size of a data segment (compiled into the
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system) was exceeded.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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Insufficient space existed in the swap area
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to support the expansion.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr execve 2 ,
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.Xr getrlimit 2 ,
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.Xr mmap 2 ,
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.Xr end 3 ,
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.Xr free 3 ,
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.Xr malloc 3 ,
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.Xr sysconf 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn brk
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function call appeared in
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.At v7 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Note that
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mixing
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.Fn brk
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and
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.Fn sbrk
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with
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.Xr malloc 3 ,
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.Xr free 3 ,
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and similar functions may result in non-portable program
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behavior.
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Caution is advised.
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.Pp
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Setting the break may fail due to a temporary lack of swap space.
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It is not possible to distinguish this from a failure caused by
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exceeding the maximum size of the data segment without consulting
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.Xr getrlimit 2 .
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