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| author | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2002-10-01 17:22:00 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz@NetBSD.org> | 2002-10-01 17:22:00 +0000 |
| commit | 6569c5c50996a3ffc19fc4b63fa6d74cd573f4f3 (patch) | |
| tree | b640f9cbe5bf5ee4b28d53fc73216174300f972e /lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | |
| parent | 45dfd29508988be493867313533f1d1c7652a81b (diff) | |
New sentence, new line. From Robert Elz.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 09d8026d324..6631fe635f3 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: malloc.3,v 1.17 2002/08/20 16:15:38 wiz Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: malloc.3,v 1.18 2002/10/01 17:29:23 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ option. This is intended for debugging and will impact performance negatively. .It H Pass a hint to the kernel about pages unused by the allocation functions. -This will help performance if the system is paging excessively. This -option is off by default. +This will help performance if the system is paging excessively. +This option is off by default. .It R Causes the .Fn realloc @@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ done by a process. .Ed .Pp A side effect of this architecture is that many minor transgressions on -the interface which would traditionally not be detected are in fact -detected. As a result, programs that have been running happily for +the interface which would traditionally not be detected are in fact detected. +As a result, programs that have been running happily for years may suddenly start to complain loudly, when linked with this allocation implementation. .Pp @@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ It is probably also a good idea to recompile the program with suitable options and symbols for debugger support. .Pp If the program starts to give unusual results, coredump or generally behave -differently without emitting any of the messages listed in the next -section, it is likely because it depends on the storage being filled with -nul bytes. Try running it with +differently without emitting any of the messages listed in the next section, +it is likely because it depends on the storage being filled with nul bytes. +Try running it with .Dq Z option set; if that improves the situation, this diagnosis has been confirmed. @@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ or is trying to free does not reference a possible page. .It "recursive call A process has attempted to call an allocation function recursively. -This is not permitted. In particular, signal handlers should not -attempt to allocate memory. +This is not permitted. +In particular, signal handlers should not attempt to allocate memory. .It "out of memory The .Dq X @@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ functions conform to .Sh HISTORY The present allocation implementation started out as a filesystem for a drum attached to a 20bit binary challenged computer which was built -with discrete germanium transistors. It has since graduated to -handle primary storage rather than secondary. +with discrete germanium transistors. +It has since graduated to handle primary storage rather than secondary. It first appeared in its new shape and ability in .Fx 2.2 , and then in .Nx 1.5 . |
