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3 Memory Usage ¶

Note that memory allocated by ffi_closure_alloc and freed by ffi_closure_free does not come from the same general pool of memory that malloc and free use. To accomodate security settings, libffi may aquire memory, for example, by mapping temporary files into multiple places in the address space (once to write out the closure, a second to execute it). The search follows this list, using the first that works:

• A anonymous mapping (i.e. not file-backed)
• memfd_create(), if the kernel supports it.
• A file created in the directory referenced by the environment variable LIBFFI_TMPDIR.
• Likewise for the environment variable TMPDIR.
• A file created in /tmp.
• A file created in /var/tmp.
• A file created in /dev/shm.
• A file created in the user’s home directory ($HOME).
• A file created in any directory listed in /etc/mtab.
• A file created in any directory listed in /proc/mounts.

If security settings prohibit using any of these for closures, ffi_closure_alloc will fail.