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NAME
end, _end, etext, _etext, edata, _edata - last locations in program
SYNOPSIS
extern int _etext; extern int _edata; extern int _end;DESCRIPTION
These names refer neither to routines nor to locations with interesting
contents; only their addresses are meaningful.
_etext The address of
_etext is the first location after the last
read-only loadable segment.
_edata The address of
_edata is the first location after the last
read-write loadable segment.
_end If the address of
_edata is greater than the address of
_etext,
the address of _end is same as the address of
_edata.
If the address of
_etext is greater than the address of
_edata,
the address of
_end is set to the page boundary after the
address pointed to by
_etext.
USAGE
When execution begins, the program break (the first location beyond the
data) coincides with
_end, but the program break can be reset by the
brk(2),
malloc(3C), and the standard input/output library (see
stdio(3C)), functions by the profile (
-p) option of
cc, and so on. Thus,
the current value of the program break should be determined by
sbrk ((char *)0).
References to
end,
etext, and
edata, without a preceding underscore will
be aliased to the associated symbol that begins with the underscore.
SEE ALSO
brk(2),
malloc(3C),
stdio(3C) March 31, 2006
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