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authorMartin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>2020-07-07 13:58:24 +0200
committerMartin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>2020-08-31 08:58:20 +0200
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Add mallinfo2 function that support sizes >= 4GB.
The current int type can easily overflow for allocation of more than 4GB.
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index aa5011e..e5ea71b 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -1505,50 +1505,50 @@ installing such hooks.
@cindex allocation statistics
You can get information about dynamic memory allocation by calling the
-@code{mallinfo} function. This function and its associated data type
+@code{mallinfo2} function. This function and its associated data type
are declared in @file{malloc.h}; they are an extension of the standard
SVID/XPG version.
@pindex malloc.h
-@deftp {Data Type} {struct mallinfo}
+@deftp {Data Type} {struct mallinfo2}
@standards{GNU, malloc.h}
This structure type is used to return information about the dynamic
memory allocator. It contains the following members:
@table @code
-@item int arena
+@item size_t arena
This is the total size of memory allocated with @code{sbrk} by
@code{malloc}, in bytes.
-@item int ordblks
+@item size_t ordblks
This is the number of chunks not in use. (The memory allocator
-internally gets chunks of memory from the operating system, and then
+size_ternally gets chunks of memory from the operating system, and then
carves them up to satisfy individual @code{malloc} requests;
@pxref{The GNU Allocator}.)
-@item int smblks
+@item size_t smblks
This field is unused.
-@item int hblks
+@item size_t hblks
This is the total number of chunks allocated with @code{mmap}.
-@item int hblkhd
+@item size_t hblkhd
This is the total size of memory allocated with @code{mmap}, in bytes.
-@item int usmblks
+@item size_t usmblks
This field is unused and always 0.
-@item int fsmblks
+@item size_t fsmblks
This field is unused.
-@item int uordblks
+@item size_t uordblks
This is the total size of memory occupied by chunks handed out by
@code{malloc}.
-@item int fordblks
+@item size_t fordblks
This is the total size of memory occupied by free (not in use) chunks.
-@item int keepcost
+@item size_t keepcost
This is the size of the top-most releasable chunk that normally
borders the end of the heap (i.e., the high end of the virtual address
space's data segment).
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ space's data segment).
@end table
@end deftp
-@deftypefun {struct mallinfo} mallinfo (void)
+@deftypefun {struct mallinfo2} mallinfo2 (void)
@standards{SVID, malloc.h}
@safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtuinit{} @mtasuconst{:mallopt}}@asunsafe{@asuinit{} @asulock{}}@acunsafe{@acuinit{} @aculock{}}}
@c Accessing mp_.n_mmaps and mp_.max_mmapped_mem, modified with atomics
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ space's data segment).
@c mark the statistics as unsafe, rather than the fast-path functions
@c that collect the possibly inconsistent data.
-@c __libc_mallinfo @mtuinit @mtasuconst:mallopt @asuinit @asulock @aculock
+@c __libc_mallinfo2 @mtuinit @mtasuconst:mallopt @asuinit @asulock @aculock
@c ptmalloc_init (once) dup @mtsenv @asulock @aculock @acsfd @acsmem
@c mutex_lock dup @asulock @aculock
@c int_mallinfo @mtasuconst:mallopt [mp_ access on main_arena]
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ space's data segment).
@c mutex_unlock @aculock
This function returns information about the current dynamic memory usage
-in a structure of type @code{struct mallinfo}.
+in a structure of type @code{struct mallinfo2}.
@end deftypefun
@node Summary of Malloc
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ A pointer to a function that @code{free} uses whenever it is called.
A pointer to a function that @code{aligned_alloc}, @code{memalign},
@code{posix_memalign} and @code{valloc} use whenever they are called.
-@item struct mallinfo mallinfo (void)
+@item struct mallinfo2 mallinfo2 (void)
Return information about the current dynamic memory usage.
@xref{Statistics of Malloc}.
@end table
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ In addition, very old applications may use the obsolete @code{cfree}
function.
Further @code{malloc}-related functions such as @code{mallopt} or
-@code{mallinfo} will not have any effect or return incorrect statistics
+@code{mallinfo2} will not have any effect or return incorrect statistics
when a replacement @code{malloc} is in use. However, failure to replace
these functions typically does not result in crashes or other incorrect
application behavior, but may result in static linking failures.