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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 END(3C)