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POSIX_MEMALIGN(3) Linux Programmer's Manual POSIX_MEMALIGN(3)
NAME
posix_memalign, memalign, valloc - Allocate aligned memory
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int posix_memalign(void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size);
void *memalign(size_t boundary, size_t size);
void *valloc(size_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The function posix_memalign() allocates size bytes and places
the address of the allocated memory in *memptr. The address of
the allocated memory will be a multiple of alignment, which
must be a power of two and a multiple of sizeof(void *).
The obsolete function memalign() allocates size bytes and
returns a pointer to the allocated memory. The memory address
will be a multiple of boundary, which must be a power of two.
The obsolete function valloc() allocates size bytes and returns
a pointer to the allocated memory. The memory address will be a
multiple of the page size. It is equivalent to
memalign(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE),size).
For all three routines, the memory is not zeroed.
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AVAILABILITY
The functions memalign() and valloc() have been available in
all Linux libc libraries. The function posix_memalign() is
available since glibc 2.1.91.
CONFORMING TO
The function valloc() appeared in 3.0 BSD. It is documented as
being obsolete in BSD 4.3, and as legacy in SUSv2. It no longer
occurs in SUSv3. The function memalign() appears in SunOS 4.1.3
but not in BSD 4.4. The function posix_memalign() comes from
POSIX 1003.1d.
