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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/malloc_trim.3')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man3/malloc_trim.3 b/man3/malloc_trim.3 index f57de44..02dba1e 100644 --- a/man3/malloc_trim.3 +++ b/man3/malloc_trim.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH malloc_trim 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH malloc_trim 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME malloc_trim \- release free memory from the heap .SH LIBRARY @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <malloc.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int malloc_trim(size_t " pad ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function attempts to release free memory from the heap or .BR madvise (2) with suitable arguments). -.PP +.P The .I pad argument specifies the amount of free space to leave untrimmed @@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ T{ .BR malloc_trim () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH STANDARDS GNU. .SH VERSIONS @@ -67,13 +66,13 @@ Only the main heap (using honors the .I pad argument; thread heaps do not. -.PP +.P Since glibc 2.8 this function frees memory in all arenas and in all chunks with whole free pages. .\" See commit 68631c8eb92ff38d9da1ae34f6aa048539b199cc .\" (dated 2007-12-16) which adds iteration over all .\" arenas and frees all pages in chunks which are free. -.PP +.P Before glibc 2.8 this function only freed memory at the top of the heap in the main arena. .SH SEE ALSO |