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authorAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2003-02-25 10:10:35 +0000
committerAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2003-02-25 10:10:35 +0000
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* manual/memory.texi (Malloc Tunable Parameters): Clarify
behaviour of M_MMAP_THRESHOLD.
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@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ heap size such that excessive amounts of system calls can be avoided.
All chunks larger than this value are allocated outside the normal
heap, using the @code{mmap} system call. This way it is guaranteed
that the memory for these chunks can be returned to the system on
-@code{free}.
+@code{free}. Note that requests smaller than this threshold might still
+be allocated via @code{mmap}.
@item M_MMAP_MAX
The maximum number of chunks to allocate with @code{mmap}. Setting this
to zero disables all use of @code{mmap}.