From: Brian Raiter <breadbox@muppetlabs.com>
To: linux-assembly@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux system call for allocation of memory
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:34:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16307.60116.606849.254490@eidolon.muppetlabs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FB33D54.9000605@cbf.chinese2000.net>
> I would like to know if the linux kernel has the syscall for memory
> manipulation(allocation, release and resize) that synonymous with
> DOS 48H of INT 21. I've read some documents saying that these are
> implemented in C library.
The brk system call can be used to enlarge your process's heap. You
can then manage your heap by writing your own set of
malloc-realloc-free functions. Alternately, you can use the mmap
system call to allocate arbitrary pages of memory directly.
b
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-13 20:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-13 8:14 linux system call for allocation of memory Lawrence
2003-11-13 10:19 ` zad
2003-11-13 9:37 ` Lawrence
2003-11-13 11:00 ` zad
2003-11-13 13:38 ` peter w krause
2003-11-13 20:34 ` Brian Raiter [this message]
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