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SEGBRK(2)							     SEGBRK(2)

NAME
       segbrk - change memory allocation

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       void* segbrk(void *saddr, void *addr)

DESCRIPTION
       Segbrk  sets  the system's idea of the lowest unused location of a seg‐
       ment to addr rounded up to the next multiple of a page size,  typically
       4096  bytes.  The segment is identified by saddr which may be any valid
       address within the segment.

       A call to segbrk with a zero addr argument returns the address  of  the
       top of bss.

       The  system  will  prevent segments from overlapping and will not allow
       the length of the text, data, or stack segment to be altered.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/9syscall

SEE ALSO
       brk(2), segattach(2), segflush(2)
       /proc/*/segment

DIAGNOSTICS
       Sets errstr.  Segbrk returns (void*)-1 on error.

BUGS
       Segbrk is not fully defined or implemented.  In particular,  it	cannot
       always  return  the  top	 of bss when called with a zero addr argument.
       The segbrk system call may go away or be re-implemented	to  give  more
       general segment control, subsuming the functions of brk(2), segflush(2)
       and segfree in segattach(2).

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