sbrk inertia - (nf)
utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!johnl
utzoo!decvax!cca!ima!johnl
Sat Mar 26 03:29:38 AEST 1983
#R:p500vax:-18000:ima:13500001:000:352
ima!johnl Mar 25 11:46:00 1983
The behavior of sbrk() noted is correct. It returns the old (not the new)
break value so you have the beginning (not the end) of the chunk of
storage allocated.
John Levine, decvax!yale-co!jrl, ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!johnl,
{research|alice|rabbit|amd70}!ima!johnl
PS: This particular fact is clearly documented in the obvious place in
the manual. Bah.
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