On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 04:26:02PM -0600, Jean-Jacques Clar wrote: > Why will I wouldn't see my allocated memory decrease if it has been > freed?
That's just how unix works. When malloc() needs more memory it calls brk or sbrk to move the heap marker up and to map a new page. There's no way to move that thing back down, so the output of top or ps can always increase. -aaron
