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<H1>MALLOC_GET_STATE</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
malloc_get_state, malloc_set_state - record and restore state of malloc implementation
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/malloc.h">malloc.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>void* malloc_get_state(void);</B>
<B>int malloc_set_state(void *</B><I>state</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<I>Note</I>:
these function are removed in glibc version 2.25.
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The
<B>malloc_get_state</B>()
function records the current state of all
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc">malloc</A></B>(3)
internal bookkeeping variables
(but not the actual contents of the heap
or the state of
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc_hook">malloc_hook</A></B>(3)
functions pointers).
The state is recorded in a system-dependent opaque data structure
dynamically allocated via
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc">malloc</A></B>(3),
and a pointer to that data structure is returned as the function result.
(It is the caller's responsibility to
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+free">free</A></B>(3)
this memory.)
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The
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
function restores the state of all
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc">malloc</A></B>(3)
internal bookkeeping variables to the values recorded in
the opaque data structure pointed to by
<I>state</I>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success,
<B>malloc_get_state</B>()
returns a pointer to a newly allocated opaque data structure.
On error (for example, memory could not be allocated for the data structure),
<B>malloc_get_state</B>()
returns NULL.
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On success,
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
returns 0.
If the implementation detects that
<I>state</I>
does not point to a correctly formed data structure,
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
returns -1.
If the implementation detects that
the version of the data structure referred to by
<I>state</I>
is a more recent version than this implementation knows about,
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
returns -2.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>malloc_get_state</B>(),
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
These functions are GNU extensions.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
These functions are useful when using this
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc">malloc</A></B>(3)
implementation as part of a shared library,
and the heap contents are saved/restored via some other method.
This technique is used by GNU Emacs to implement its &quot;dumping&quot; function.
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Hook function pointers are never saved or restored by these
functions, with two exceptions:
if malloc checking (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mallopt">mallopt</A></B>(3))
was in use when
<B>malloc_get_state</B>()
was called, then
<B>malloc_set_state</B>()
resets malloc checking hooks
if possible;
if malloc checking was not in use in the recorded state,
but the caller has requested malloc checking,
then the hooks are reset to 0.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+malloc">malloc</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+mallopt">mallopt</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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