#include <malloc.h> int malloc_info(int options, FILE *stream);
As currently implemented, options must be zero.
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| malloc_info() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
The open_memstream(3) function can be used to send the output of malloc_info() directly into a buffer in memory, rather than to a file.
The malloc_info() function is designed to address deficiencies in malloc_stats(3) and mallinfo(3).
The program calls malloc_info() twice to display the memory-allocation state. The first call takes place before any threads are created or memory allocated. The second call is performed after all threads have allocated memory.
In the following example, the command-line arguments specify the creation of one additional thread, and both the main thread and the additional thread allocate 10000 blocks of memory. After the blocks of memory have been allocated, malloc_info() shows the state of two allocation arenas.
$ getconf GNU_LIBC_VERSION glibc 2.13 $ ./a.out 1 10000 100 ============ Before allocating blocks ============ <malloc version="1"> <heap nr="0"> <sizes> </sizes> <total type="fast" count="0" size="0"/> <total type="rest" count="0" size="0"/> <system type="current" size="135168"/> <system type="max" size="135168"/> <aspace type="total" size="135168"/> <aspace type="mprotect" size="135168"/> </heap> <total type="fast" count="0" size="0"/> <total type="rest" count="0" size="0"/> <system type="current" size="135168"/> <system type="max" size="135168"/> <aspace type="total" size="135168"/> <aspace type="mprotect" size="135168"/> </malloc>
============ After allocating blocks ============ <malloc version="1"> <heap nr="0"> <sizes> </sizes> <total type="fast" count="0" size="0"/> <total type="rest" count="0" size="0"/> <system type="current" size="1081344"/> <system type="max" size="1081344"/> <aspace type="total" size="1081344"/> <aspace type="mprotect" size="1081344"/> </heap> <heap nr="1"> <sizes> </sizes> <total type="fast" count="0" size="0"/> <total type="rest" count="0" size="0"/> <system type="current" size="1032192"/> <system type="max" size="1032192"/> <aspace type="total" size="1032192"/> <aspace type="mprotect" size="1032192"/> </heap> <total type="fast" count="0" size="0"/> <total type="rest" count="0" size="0"/> <system type="current" size="2113536"/> <system type="max" size="2113536"/> <aspace type="total" size="2113536"/> <aspace type="mprotect" size="2113536"/> </malloc>
static size_t blockSize; static int numThreads, numBlocks;
#define errExit(msg) do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); \
} while (0)
static void *
thread_func(void *arg)
{
int tn = (int) arg;
/* The multiplier '(2 + tn)' ensures that each thread (including
the main thread) allocates a different amount of memory. */
for (int j = 0; j < numBlocks; j++)
if (malloc(blockSize * (2 + tn)) == NULL)
errExit("malloc-thread");
sleep(100); /* Sleep until main thread terminates. */
return NULL;
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int sleepTime;
if (argc < 4) {
fprintf(stderr,
"%s num-threads num-blocks block-size [sleep-time]\n",
argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
numThreads = atoi(argv[1]);
numBlocks = atoi(argv[2]);
blockSize = atoi(argv[3]);
sleepTime = (argc > 4) ? atoi(argv[4]) : 0;
pthread_t *thr = calloc(numThreads, sizeof(*thr));
if (thr == NULL)
errExit("calloc");
printf("============ Before allocating blocks ============\n");
malloc_info(0, stdout);
/* Create threads that allocate different amounts of memory. */
for (int tn = 0; tn < numThreads; tn++) {
errno = pthread_create(&thr[tn], NULL, thread_func,
(void *) tn);
if (errno != 0)
errExit("pthread_create");
/* If we add a sleep interval after the start-up of each
thread, the threads likely won't contend for malloc
mutexes, and therefore additional arenas won't be
allocated (see malloc(3)). */
if (sleepTime > 0)
sleep(sleepTime);
}
/* The main thread also allocates some memory. */
for (int j = 0; j < numBlocks; j++)
if (malloc(blockSize) == NULL)
errExit("malloc");
sleep(2); /* Give all threads a chance to
complete allocations. */
printf("\n============ After allocating blocks ============\n");
malloc_info(0, stdout);