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- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS valloc lib
- .BS
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- .SH NAME
- valloc \- page-aligned memory allocator
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <unistd.h>\fR
- .sp
- void *
- \fBvalloc\fR(\fIsize\fP)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS size_t size
- .AP size_t size in
- Number of bytes to allocate.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- .B valloc
- is like
- .BR malloc ,
- except that the pointer it returns is guaranteed to be page-aligned.
-
- .SH BUGS
- .PP
- Using
- .B free
- to deallocate
- .BR valloc 'd
- memory can corrupt
- .BR malloc .
- Unfortunately, there is no
- .B vfree
- routine, so it is currently impossible to free
- .BR valloc 'd
- memory.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- memory, alloc
-