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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-19 08:46:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-19 08:46:15 +0200 |
| commit | 9227137a38bcbe20736e4b3405468f49df7d66be (patch) | |
| tree | 67d59c3cad8c2e9d700b8a467e6d4784ba5d96ef | |
| parent | 7655c1839dcb9a84e2af9c59214a5df9f7564306 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-9227137a38bcbe20736e4b3405468f49df7d66be.tar.gz | |
mallopt.3: Minor clarification for M_ARENA_MAX
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/mallopt.3 | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man3/mallopt.3 b/man3/mallopt.3 index ab91ee860e..47156e1a6c 100644 --- a/man3/mallopt.3 +++ b/man3/mallopt.3 @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ The following values can be specified for .IR param : .TP .BR M_ARENA_MAX -This is the maximum number of arenas that can be created. +If this parameter has a nonzero value, +it defines a hard limit on the maximum number of arenas that can be created. An arena represents a pool of memory that can be used by .BR malloc (3) (and similar) calls to service allocation requests. |