VALLOC
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BSD 3
NAME
valloc
- aligned memory allocation function
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <unistd.h>
Ft char *
Fn valloc unsigned size
DESCRIPTION
Bf -symbolic
Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of malloc(3),
which aligns page-sized and larger allocations.
Ef
The
Fn valloc
function
allocates
Fa size
bytes aligned on a page boundary.
It is implemented by calling
malloc(3)
with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
RETURN VALUES
The
Fn valloc
function returns
a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise
a null pointer is returned
HISTORY
The
Fn valloc
function appeared in
BSD 3.0
BUGS
A
vfree
function
has not been implemented.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUES
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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