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VALLOC(3)		    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  suc-
       cessful;	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 deallo-
       cated via free()	starting in FreeBSD 7.0.

FreeBSD	13.2		       October 30, 2007			     VALLOC(3)
NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY

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