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 success- ful; 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 15.1 October 30, 2007 VALLOC(3)
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