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diff --git a/man3/malloc_stats.3 b/man3/malloc_stats.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c17d2c --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/malloc_stats.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2012 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH malloc_stats 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +malloc_stats \- print memory allocation statistics +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <malloc.h> +.PP +.B void malloc_stats(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR malloc_stats () +function prints (on standard error) statistics about memory allocated by +.BR malloc (3) +and related functions. +For each arena (allocation area), this function prints +the total amount of memory allocated +and the total number of bytes consumed by in-use allocations. +(These two values correspond to the +.I arena +and +.I uordblks +fields retrieved by +.BR mallinfo (3).) +In addition, +the function prints the sum of these two statistics for all arenas, +and the maximum number of blocks and bytes that were ever simultaneously +allocated using +.BR mmap (2). +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR malloc_stats () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +GNU. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.0. +.SH NOTES +More detailed information about memory allocations in the main arena +can be obtained using +.BR mallinfo (3). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR mmap (2), +.BR mallinfo (3), +.BR malloc (3), +.BR malloc_info (3), +.BR mallopt (3) |