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3158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 4, 1993
3258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt MEMORY 3
33a307d598SRuslan Ermilov.Os
3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm malloc ,
3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm free ,
3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm realloc ,
3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm calloc ,
3959b58b16SNik Clayton.Nm alloca ,
4059b58b16SNik Clayton.Nm mmap
4158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd general memory allocation operations
4225bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
4325bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc
4458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
458aefde06SJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven.In stdlib.h
4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn malloc "size_t size"
4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void
4958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn free "void *ptr"
5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize"
5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft void *
5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca "size_t size"
568aefde06SJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven.In sys/types.h
578aefde06SJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven.In sys/mman.h
5859b58b16SNik Clayton.Ft void *
5959b58b16SNik Clayton.Fn mmap "void * addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset"
6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
6158f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.
6258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThey are described in the
6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesindividual manual pages.
6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
651a0c34f2SRuslan Ermilov.Xr mmap 2 ,
6613608f66SWolfram Schneider.Xr alloca 3 ,
6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr calloc 3 ,
6858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr free 3 ,
6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr malloc 3 ,
701a0c34f2SRuslan Ermilov.Xr realloc 3
7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS
7258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThese functions, with the exception of
7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn alloca
7459b58b16SNik Claytonand
7559b58b16SNik Clayton.Fn mmap
7658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesconform to
77588a200cSRuslan Ermilov.St -isoC .
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