On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Aaron Bannert wrote:
> 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. Gracefull restart... Dw
