#include #define brk _brk #define sbrk _sbrk #include extern char *_brksize; /* Both OSF/1 and SYSVR4 man pages specify that brk(2) returns int. * However, BSD4.3 specifies that brk() returns char*. POSIX omits * brk() on the grounds that it imposes a memory model on an architecture. * For this reason, brk() and sbrk() are not in the lib/posix directory. * On the other hand, they are so crucial to correct operation of so many * parts of the system, that we have chosen to hide the name brk using _brk, * as with system calls. In this way, if a user inadvertently defines a * procedure brk, MINIX may continue to work because the true call is _brk. */ PUBLIC int brk(addr) char *addr; { message m; if (addr != _brksize) { m.PMBRK_ADDR = addr; if (_syscall(PM_PROC_NR, BRK, &m) < 0) return(-1); _brksize = m.m2_p1; } return(0); }