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| -rw-r--r-- | man3/mallopt.3 | 3 |
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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. |