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##### 3.2.2.11 Statistics for Memory Allocation with `malloc`

You can get information about dynamic memory allocation by calling the `mallinfo` function. This function and its associated data type are declared in `malloc.h`; they are an extension of the standard SVID/XPG version.

— Data Type: struct mallinfo

> This structure type is used to return information about the dynamic memory allocator. It contains the following members:

> `int arena`
>   This is the total size of memory allocated with `sbrk` by `malloc`, in bytes.
> `int ordblks`
>   This is the number of chunks not in use. (The memory allocator internally gets chunks of memory from the operating system, and then carves them up to satisfy individual `malloc` requests; see Efficiency and Malloc.)
> `int smblks`
>   This field is unused.
> `int hblks`
>   This is the total number of chunks allocated with `mmap`.
> `int hblkhd`
>   This is the total size of memory allocated with `mmap`, in bytes.
> `int usmblks`
>   This field is unused.
> `int fsmblks`
>   This field is unused.
> `int uordblks`
>   This is the total size of memory occupied by chunks handed out by `malloc`.
> `int fordblks`
>   This is the total size of memory occupied by free (not in use) chunks.
> `int keepcost`
>   This is the size of the top-most releasable chunk that normally borders the end of the heap (i.e., the high end of the virtual address space's data segment).

— Function: struct mallinfo mallinfo (void)

> This function returns information about the current dynamic memory usage in a structure of type `struct mallinfo`.