Top "Sbrk" questions

**sbrk** is a basic memory management system call used in Unix and Unix-like operating systems to control the amount of memory allocated to the data segment[clarification needed] of the process.

How is malloc() implemented internally?

Can anyone explain how malloc() works internally? I have sometimes done strace program and I see a lot of sbrk …

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How are sbrk/brk implemented in Linux?

I was thinking about how the Linux kernel implements system calls and I was wondering if someone could give me …

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Does malloc() use brk() or mmap()?

c code: // program break mechanism // TLPI exercise 7-1 #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> void program_…

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MIPS dynamic memory allocation using sbrk

I was trying to use sbrk for dynamic memory allocation. But, being a newcomer to SPIM and MIPS, I was …

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what does "malloc_trim(0)" really mean?

The manual page told me so much and through it I know lots of the background knowledge of memory management …

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How to return memory from process to the OS

I have an issue with memory management in various operating systems. My program is a server that does some processing …

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