Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!info.physics.utoronto.ca!cannon.ecf!bjl From: bjl@ecf.toronto.edu (LEE BRIAN) Subject: Re: BSDI free()/malloc() X-Nntp-Posting-Host: skule.ecf Message-ID: <DGoqI5.7Kr@ecf.toronto.edu> Sender: news@ecf.toronto.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility References: <DGnI4w.2rC@ecf.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 07:37:16 GMT Lines: 27 In article <DGnI4w.2rC@ecf.toronto.edu>, STODDARD WALTER B <stoddar@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote: ooops, looks like our machine got messed up. please email to bjl@eecg.toronto.edu, not the address specified above. Thank you. >Hi, I'm working on some code that will be running on a BSDI box. >Anyway, what I'd like to do is to monitor the use of memory allocated >by the malloc/calloc/realloc/strdup/free calls. > >Is the code for malloc in BSDI the same as in: >ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/bsd-sources/4.4BSD-Lite/usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c? > >is it possible/permissible to access these kernel structures (struct overhead)? >is there a system call that will return the amount of memory allocated out to >each chunk returned by malloc? > >thanks, >bjl > -- Brian Jonathan Lee (aka "hojo") | "Beef satay?!?! Not beef satay again!!!!" bjl@ecf.toronto.edu | "XMen! XMen! Rescue Kitty from the caves!" bjl@eecg.toronto.edu | "Evil thy name is NETREK!"