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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.44 2006/04/02 18:22:14 otto Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.45 2006/06/06 14:49:26 pedro Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.\" |
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.Dd August 27, 1996 |
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.Dd August 27, 1996 |
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.Dt MALLOC 3 |
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.Dt MALLOC 3 |
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except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed. |
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except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed. |
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.It Cm < |
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.It Cm < |
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.Dq Half the cache size . |
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.Dq Half the cache size . |
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Reduce the size of the cache by a factor of two. |
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Decrease the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. |
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.It Cm > |
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.It Cm > |
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.Dq Double the cache size . |
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.Dq Double the cache size . |
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Double the size of the cache by a factor of two. |
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Increase the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. |
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.El |
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.El |
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So to set a systemwide reduction of cache size and coredumps on problems: |
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So to set a systemwide reduction of cache size and coredumps on problems: |
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If a program changes behavior if either of these options are used, |
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If a program changes behavior if either of these options are used, |
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it is buggy. |
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it is buggy. |
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.Pp |
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.Pp |
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The default cache size is 16 pages. |
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The default number of free pages cached is 16. |
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.Sh RETURN VALUES |
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.Sh RETURN VALUES |
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The |
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The |
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.Fn malloc |
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.Fn malloc |
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