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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2018-11-21 09:26:03 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2018-11-21 09:26:03 +0000 |
commit | ac7ea64551d12f369489252264d5804ae2bd1f9b (patch) | |
tree | c36b841e5084fe897b4d493f45aa12c61295a1b3 | |
parent | 97ea715bbb873ae614b0abfc658bfc31e9a317c6 (diff) |
no more malloc.conf - it's contents are now in malloc(3) itself,
and sysctl(2);
ok otto deraadt
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5 | 149 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 151 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index 96f49b04516..abc05b618a5 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.56 2018/04/28 16:43:44 schwarze Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.57 2018/11/21 09:26:02 jmc Exp $ # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.14 1995/05/11 23:13:15 cgd Exp $ MAN= acct.5 ar.5 bsd.port.mk.5 bsd.port.arch.mk.5 bsd.regress.mk.5 \ changelist.5 core.5 \ defaultdomain.5 dir.5 disktab.5 elf.5 ethers.5 fbtab.5 files.conf.5 \ fs.5 fstab.5 genassym.cf.5 group.5 hostname.if.5 hosts.5 installurl.5 \ - intro.5 login.conf.5 malloc.conf.5 mandoc.db.5 mixerctl.conf.5 \ + intro.5 login.conf.5 mandoc.db.5 mixerctl.conf.5 \ mk.conf.5 moduli.5 motd.5 myname.5 netgroup.5 passwd.5 \ pf.conf.5 pf.os.5 port-modules.5 printcap.5 protocols.5 \ ranlib.5 remote.5 resolv.conf.5 rpc.5 ruby-module.5 \ diff --git a/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 404aeb7c22c..00000000000 --- a/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,149 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.conf.5,v 1.19 2018/11/13 14:34:47 jmc Exp $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org> -.\" Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net> -.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org> -.\" Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> -.\" -.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any -.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above -.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. -.\" -.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES -.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF -.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR -.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES -.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN -.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF -.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. -.\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 13 2018 $ -.Dt MALLOC.CONF 5 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm malloc.conf -.Nd options for the memory allocator -.Sh DESCRIPTION -Upon the first call to the -.Xr malloc 3 -family of functions, an initialization sequence inspects the -value of the -.Va vm.malloc_conf -.Xr sysctl 2 , -next checks the environment for a variable called -.Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS , -and finally looks at the global variable -.Va malloc_options -in the program. -Each is scanned for the flags documented below. -Unless otherwise noted uppercase means on, lowercase means off. -.Bl -tag -width indent -.It Cm C -.Dq Canaries . -Add canaries at the end of allocations in order to detect -heap overflows. -The canary's content is checked when -.Xr free 3 -is called. -If it has been corrupted, the process is aborted. -.It Cm D -.Dq Dump . -.Xr malloc 3 -will dump statistics to the file -.Pa ./malloc.out , -if it already exists, -at exit. -This option requires the library to have been compiled with -DMALLOC_STATS in -order to have any effect. -.It Cm F -.Dq Freecheck . -Enable more extensive double free and use after free detection. -All chunks in the delayed free list will be checked for double frees. -Unused pages on the freelist are read and write protected to -cause a segmentation fault upon access. -.It Cm G -.Dq Guard . -Enable guard pages. -Each page size or larger allocation is followed by a guard page that will -cause a segmentation fault upon any access. -.It Cm J -.Dq More junking . -Increase the junk level by one if it is smaller than 2. -.It Cm j -.Dq Less junking . -Decrease the junk level by one if it is larger than 0. -Junking writes some junk bytes into the area allocated. -Junk is bytes of 0xdb when allocating; -freed chunks are filled with 0xdf. -By default the junk level is 1: after free, -small chunks are completely junked; -for pages the first part is junked. -After a delay, -the filling pattern is validated and the process is aborted if the pattern -was modified. -For junk level 2, junking is done on allocation as well and without size -restrictions. -If the junk level is zero, no junking is performed. -.It Cm R -.Dq realloc . -Always reallocate when -.Xr realloc 3 -is called, even if the initial allocation was big enough. -.\".Pp -.\".It Cm U -.\".Dq utrace . -.\"Generate entries for -.\".Xr ktrace 1 -.\"for all operations. -.\"Consult the source for this one. -.It Cm S -Enable all options suitable for security auditing. -.It Cm U -.Dq Free unmap . -Enable use after free protection for larger allocations. -Unused pages on the freelist are read and write protected to -cause a segmentation fault upon access. -.It Cm X -.Dq xmalloc . -Rather than return failure, -.Xr abort 3 -the program with a diagnostic message on stderr. -It is the intention that this option be set at compile time by -including in the source: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -extern char *malloc_options; -malloc_options = "X"; -.Ed -.Pp -Note that this will cause code that is supposed to handle -out-of-memory conditions gracefully to abort instead. -.It Cm < -.Dq Halve the cache size . -Decrease the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. -.It Cm > -.Dq Double the cache size . -Increase the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. -.El -.Pp -If a program changes behavior if any of these options (except -.Cm X ) -are used, -it is buggy. -.Pp -The default number of free pages cached is 64 per malloc pool. -Multi-threaded programs use multiple pools. -The -.Va vm.malloc_conf -sysctl value string contains a maximum of 15 option characters. -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width "MALLOC_OPTIONS" -.It Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS -string of option flags -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -Set a systemwide reduction of the cache to a quarter of the -default size and use guard pages: -.Pp -.Dl # sysctl vm.malloc_conf='G<<' -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr malloc 3 |