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3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt MEMORY 3
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm malloc ,
4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm free ,
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm realloc ,
4258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm calloc ,
4359b58b16SNik Clayton.Nm alloca ,
4459b58b16SNik Clayton.Nm mmap
4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd general memory allocation operations
4625bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
4725bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn malloc "size_t size"
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn free "void *ptr"
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
5658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize"
5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca "size_t size"
6059b58b16SNik Clayton.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
6159b58b16SNik Clayton.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
6259b58b16SNik Clayton.Ft void *
6359b58b16SNik Clayton.Fn mmap "void * addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset"
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
6558f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.
6658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThey are described in the
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesindividual manual pages.
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
691a0c34f2SRuslan Ermilov.Xr mmap 2 ,
7013608f66SWolfram Schneider.Xr alloca 3 ,
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr calloc 3 ,
7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr free 3 ,
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr malloc 3 ,
741a0c34f2SRuslan Ermilov.Xr realloc 3
7558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
7658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions, with the exception of
7758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca
7859b58b16SNik Claytonand
7959b58b16SNik Clayton.Fn mmap
8058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconform to
8158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.St -ansiC .
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