On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:14:25AM +0100, wojtek@wojtek.from.pl wrote:

 > why there is no reallyfree() function (without parameters) which would
 > scan through malloc's freelist and unmap every full page?

Because that's not how malloc(3) was originally implemented :-)  A
program that used such a feature would not be a portable program.

It is possible to change the behavior of NetBSD's malloc(3), however.  See
the manual page.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>