Subject: Re: sys_sbrk()? sys_sstk()?
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/14/2001 19:32:18
eeh@netbsd.org writes:
> We seem to have sys_sbrk() and sys_sstk() that don't seem to do
> anything. Why are we keeping them?
Ah, a fascinating topic! Have a look some time at the several PRs I
filed on the topic of the entire brk system. There are a number of
oddities there, none of which have a solid explanation.
All that said, someday we should make brk/sbrk merely a front end for
mmap.
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