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| Cygwin's heap is extensible. However, it does start out at a fixed size |
| and attempts to extend it may run into memory which has been previously |
| allocated by Windows. In some cases, this problem can be solved by |
| changing a field in the file header which is utilized by Cygwin since |
| to keep the initial size of the application heap. If the field contains 0, |
| which is the default, the application heap defaults to a size of 384 Megabyte |
| on 32 bit Cygwin, 512 Megabyte on 64 bit Cygwin. If the field is set to any |
| other value between 4 and 2048, Cygwin tries to reserve as much Megabytes |
| for the application heap. The field used for this is the "LoaderFlags" field |
| in the NT-specific PE header structure |
| (<code class="literal">(IMAGE_NT_HEADER)->OptionalHeader.LoaderFlags</code>).</p><p> |
| This value can be changed for any executable by using a more recent version |
| of the <span class="command"><strong>peflags</strong></span> tool from the <code class="literal">rebase</code> |
| Cygwin package. Example: |
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| $ peflags --cygwin-heap foo.exe |
| foo.exe: initial Cygwin heap size: 0 (0x0) MB |
| $ peflags --cygwin-heap=500 foo.exe |
| foo.exe: initial Cygwin heap size: 500 (0x1f4) MB |
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| Heap memory can be allocated up to the size of the biggest available free |
| block in the processes virtual memory (VM). By default, the VM per process |
| is 2 GB for 32 processes. To get more VM for a process, the executable |
| must have the "large address aware" flag set in the file header. You can |
| use the aforementioned <span class="command"><strong>peflags</strong></span> tool to set this flag. |
| On 64 bit systems this results in a 4 GB VM for a process started from that |
| executable. On 32 bit systems you also have to prepare the system to allow |
| up to 3 GB per process. See the Microsoft article |
| <a class="ulink" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613473%28VS.85%29.aspx" target="_top">4-Gigabyte Tuning</a> |
| for more information. |
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