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.TH LIBMALLOC 3LIB "May 11, 2005"
.SH NAME
libmalloc \- memory allocation library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lmalloc\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Functions in this library provide routines for memory allocation. These
routines are space-efficient but have lower performance. Their usage can result
in serious performance degradation.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibmalloc.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBcalloc\fR	\fBcfree\fR
\fBfree\fR	\fBmallinfo\fR
\fBmalloc\fR	\fBmallopt\fR
\fBmemalign\fR	\fBrealloc\fR
\fBvalloc\fR	
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/libmalloc.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 30n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/64/libmalloc.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 30n
64-bit shared object
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT-Level	Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR Intro (3),
.BR malloc (3MALLOC),
.BR attributes (7)