int brk(void *addr)； 和 void *sbrk(intptr_t increment)； 这两个函数分别有什么作用？

可以使用下面的命令来查看手册：

man sbrk

描述如下：(这段英文挺好读的，没必要翻译了)

DESCRIPTION
	brk() and sbrk() change the location of the program break, which defines the end 
	of the process's data segment (i.e., the program break is the first location after the 
	end of the uninitialized data segment).  Increasing the program break has the effect 
	of allocating memory to the process; decreasing the break deallocates memory.

	brk() sets the end of the data segment to the value specified by addr, when that 
	value is reasonable, the system has enough memory, and the process does not 
	exceed its maximum data size (see setrlimit(2)).

	sbrk() increments the program's data space by increment bytes.  Calling sbrk() 
	with an increment of 0 can be used to find the current location of the program break.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, brk() returns zero.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to ENOMEM.

       On success,  sbrk() returns the previous program break.  (If the break was increased, 
       then this value is a pointer to the start of the newly allocated memory).  On error, 
       (void *) -1 is returned, and errno is set to ENOMEM.