| VALLOC(3) | Library Functions Manual | VALLOC(3) |
valloc — aligned
memory allocation function
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
#include
<stdlib.h>
void *
valloc(size_t
size);
valloc()
function is obsoleted by the current version of
malloc(3), which aligns
page-sized and larger allocations.The
valloc()
function allocates 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.
The valloc() function returns a pointer to
the allocated space if successful; otherwise a null pointer is returned
The valloc() function appeared in
3.0BSD.
A vfree() function has not been
implemented.
| May 6, 2010 | NetBSD 11.0 |