$OpenBSD: valloc.3,v 1.15 2018/11/05 10:31:32 otto Exp $
Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ .Dt VALLOC 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm valloc .Nd aligned memory allocation function .Sh SYNOPSIS n unistd.h .Ft void * .Fn valloc "size_t size" .Sh DESCRIPTION f -symbolic The .Fn valloc function is obsoleted by the current version of .Xr malloc 3 , which aligns page-sized and larger allocations and both .Xr aligned_alloc 3 and .Xr posix_memalign 3 , which allocate memory with a given alignment. .Ef
Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ .Dt VALLOC 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm valloc .Nd aligned memory allocation function .Sh SYNOPSIS n unistd.h .Ft void * .Fn valloc "size_t size" .Sh DESCRIPTION f -symbolic The .Fn valloc function is obsoleted by the current version of .Xr malloc 3 , which aligns page-sized and larger allocations and both .Xr aligned_alloc 3 and .Xr posix_memalign 3 , which allocate memory with a given alignment. .Ef
p The .Fn valloc function allocates .Fa size bytes aligned on a page boundary. It is implemented by calling .Xr malloc 3 with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn valloc function returns a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise a null pointer is returned. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr malloc 3 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn valloc function appeared in x 3.0 . .Sh BUGS A .Fn vfree function has not been implemented.