sbrk - change data segment size

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

void *sbrk(ptrdiff_t increment);

DESCRIPTION

brk(2) sets the end of the data segment to the value specified by end_data_segment, when that value is reasonable, the system does have enough memory and the process does not exceed its max data size (see setrlimit(2)).

sbrk(2) increments the program's data space by increment bytes. sbrk(2) isn't a system call, it is just a C library wrapper. Calling sbrk(2) with an increment of 0 can be used to find the current location of the program break.

RETURN VALUE

On success, sbrk(2) returns a pointer to the start of the new area. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to ENOMEM.

CONFORMING TO

BSD 4.3

sbrk(2) is not defined in the C Standard and is deliberately excluded from the POSIX.1 standard (see paragraphs B.1.1.1.3 and B.8.3.3).

SEE ALSO

execve(2), getrlimit(2), malloc(3), brk(2)