gdb如何确定内存 已经释放_free()如何知道释放内存块的大小

free()函数入参是一个void*指针，它是如何知道被指向的大小的？

再stackoverflow上看到了这样一篇帖子：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1518711/how-does-free-know-how-much-to-free

Most implementations of C memory allocation functions will store accounting information for each block, either in-line or separately.

One typical way (in-line) is to actually allocate both a header and the memory you asked for, padded out to some minimum size. So for example, if you asked for 20 bytes, the system may allocate a 48-byte block:

• 16-byte header containing size, special marker, checksum, pointers to next/previous block and so on.
• 32 bytes data area (your 20 bytes padded out to a multiple of 16).

The address then given to you is the address of the data are