150 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
150 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)brk.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
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.\"
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.Dd May 1, 1995
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.Dt BRK 2
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.Os BSD 4
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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 SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn brk "const char *addr"
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.Ft char *
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.Fn sbrk "int incr"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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The brk and sbrk functions are historical curiosities
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left over from earlier days before the advent of virtual memory management.
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.Ef
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The
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.Fn brk
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function
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sets the break or lowest address
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of a process's data segment (uninitialized data) to
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.Fa addr
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(immediately above bss).
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Data addressing is restricted between
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.Fa addr
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and the lowest stack pointer to the stack segment.
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Memory is allocated by
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.Fa brk
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in page size pieces;
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if
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.Fa addr
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is not evenly divisible by the system page size, it is
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increased to the next page boundary.
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.Pp
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.\" The
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.\" .Nm sbrk
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.\" function
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.\" allocates chunks of
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.\" .Fa incr
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.\" bytes
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.\" to the process's data space
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.\" and returns an address pointer.
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.\" The
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.\" .Xr malloc 3
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.\" function utilizes
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.\" .Nm sbrk .
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.\" .Pp
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The current value of the program break is reliably returned by
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.Dq Li sbrk(0)
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(see also
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.Xr end 3 ) .
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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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.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 + rlp\(->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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The
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.Fn sbrk
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function returns a pointer to the base of the new storage 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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.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 [ENOMEM]
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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 end 3 ,
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.Xr malloc 3
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.Sh BUGS
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Setting the break may fail due to a temporary lack of
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swap space. It is not possible to distinguish this
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from a failure caused by exceeding the maximum size of
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the data segment without consulting
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.Xr getrlimit 2 .
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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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