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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c17
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/malloc.conf.516
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
index 70e7f37dc82..af9cf39199d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.250 2018/11/05 08:23:40 otto Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.251 2018/11/06 08:01:43 otto Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
* Copyright (c) 2012 Matthew Dempsky <matthew@openbsd.org>
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/queue.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#include <uvm/uvmexp.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdint.h>
@@ -386,8 +388,9 @@ omalloc_parseopt(char opt)
static void
omalloc_init(void)
{
- char *p, *q, b[64];
- int i, j;
+ char *p, *q, b[16];
+ int i, j, mib[2];
+ size_t sb;
/*
* Default options
@@ -398,10 +401,12 @@ omalloc_init(void)
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
switch (i) {
case 0:
- j = readlink("/etc/malloc.conf", b, sizeof b - 1);
- if (j <= 0)
+ mib[0] = CTL_VM;
+ mib[1] = VM_MALLOC_CONF;
+ sb = sizeof(b);
+ j = sysctl(mib, 2, b, &sb, NULL, 0);
+ if (j != 0)
continue;
- b[j] = '\0';
p = b;
break;
case 1:
diff --git a/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5
index 556e9934973..6fec0793acd 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/malloc.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.conf.5,v 1.14 2018/03/19 13:35:06 otto Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.conf.5,v 1.15 2018/11/06 08:01:43 otto Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 19 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 6 2018 $
.Dt MALLOC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
Upon the first call to the
.Xr malloc 3
family of functions, an initialization sequence inspects the
-symbolic link
-.Pa /etc/malloc.conf ,
+value of the
+.Va vm.malloc_conf
+.Xr sysctl 3 ,
next checks the environment for a variable called
.Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS ,
and finally looks at the global variable
@@ -137,15 +138,10 @@ Multi-threaded programs use multiple pools.
.It Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS
string of option flags
.El
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width "/etc/malloc.conf"
-.It Pa /etc/malloc.conf
-symbolic link to filename containing 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 # ln -s 'G<<' /etc/malloc.conf
+.Dl # sysctl vm.malloc_conf='G<<'
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr malloc 3