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| author | Pedro Martelletto <pedro@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-06-06 14:49:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Pedro Martelletto <pedro@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-06-06 14:49:27 +0000 |
| commit | d97bea329033d1e7da158716b920af1549a9c5e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b2694d0182f5e516a302fd22bdf2e20d89ec480 /lib | |
| parent | d716471e011c7ae69905d55a794e6d29e894a092 (diff) | |
Fix 'double by a factor of two' and make cache options a bit more
descriptive while at it, input and okay jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 11318d7ce27..e5bb1315dff 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.44 2006/04/02 18:22:14 otto Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.45 2006/06/06 14:49:26 pedro Exp $ .\" .Dd August 27, 1996 .Dt MALLOC 3 @@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ Fill some junk into the area allocated (see except for the exact length the user asked for, which is zeroed. .It Cm < .Dq Half the cache size . -Reduce the size of the cache by a factor of two. +Decrease the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. .It Cm > .Dq Double the cache size . -Double the size of the cache by a factor of two. +Increase the size of the free page cache by a factor of two. .El .Pp So to set a systemwide reduction of cache size and coredumps on problems: @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ flags are mostly for testing and debugging. If a program changes behavior if either of these options are used, it is buggy. .Pp -The default cache size is 16 pages. +The default number of free pages cached is 16. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn malloc |