glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/brk.c

/* brk system call for Linux/i386.
   Copyright (C) 1995-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sysdep.h>

/* This must be initialized data because commons can't have aliases.  */
void *__curbrk = 0;

/* Old braindamage in GCC's crtstuff.c requires this symbol in an attempt
   to work around different old braindamage in the old Linux ELF dynamic
   linker.  */
weak_alias (__curbrk, ___brk_addr)

int
__brk (void *addr)
{
  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
  void *newbrk = (void *) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (brk, err, 1, addr);
  __curbrk = newbrk;
  if (newbrk < addr)
    return INLINE_SYSCALL_ERROR_RETURN_VALUE (ENOMEM);
  return 0;
}
weak_alias (__brk, brk)