NAME

       malloc_get_state, malloc_set_state - record and restore state of malloc implementation

SYNOPSIS

       #include <malloc.h>

       void* malloc_get_state(void);

       int malloc_set_state(void *state);

DESCRIPTION

       The malloc_get_state() function records the current state of all malloc(3) internal bookkeeping variables
       (but  not  the actual contents of the heap or the state of malloc_hook(3) functions pointers).  The state
       is recorded in a system-dependent opaque data  structure  dynamically  allocated  via  malloc(3),  and  a
       pointer to that data structure is returned as the function result.  (It is the caller's responsibility to
       free(3) this memory.)

       The malloc_set_state() function restores the state of all malloc(3) internal bookkeeping variables to the
       values recorded in the opaque data structure pointed to by state.

RETURN VALUE

       On  success,  malloc_get_state()  returns a pointer to a newly allocated opaque data structure.  On error
       (for example, memory could not be allocated for the data structure), malloc_get_state() returns NULL.

       On success, malloc_set_state() returns 0.  If the implementation detects that state does not point  to  a
       correctly  formed  data structure, malloc_set_state() returns -1.  If the implementation detects that the
       version of the data structure referred to by state is a more  recent  version  than  this  implementation
       knows about, malloc_set_state() returns -2.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ malloc_get_state(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       │ malloc_set_state()  │               │         │
       └─────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       These functions are GNU extensions.

NOTES

       These  functions are useful when using this malloc(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 "dumping" function.

       Hook function pointers are never saved or restored by these functions, with  two  exceptions:  if  malloc
       checking  (see  mallopt(3)) was in use when malloc_get_state() was called, then malloc_set_state() 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.

SEE ALSO

       malloc(3), mallopt(3)

COLOPHON

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GNU                                                2015-07-23                                MALLOC_GET_STATE(3)