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Command: valloc | Section: 3 | Source: FreeBSD | File: valloc.3.gz
VALLOC(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual VALLOC(3)
NAME
valloc - aligned memory allocation function
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
void *
valloc(size_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The valloc() function is obsoleted by posix_memalign(3), which can be
used to request page-aligned allocations.
The valloc() function allocates size bytes aligned on a page boundary.
RETURN VALUES
The valloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if
successful; otherwise a null pointer is returned.
SEE ALSO
posix_memalign(3)
HISTORY
The valloc() function appeared in 3.0BSD.
The valloc() function correctly allocated memory that could be
deallocated via free() starting in FreeBSD 7.0.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 October 30, 2007 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8