VALLOC(3) MachTen Programmer’s Manual VALLOC(3)

NAME
valloc - aligned memory allocation function

SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>

char *
valloc(unsigned size)

DESCRIPTION
Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of malloc(3), which aligns
page-sized and larger allocations.

The valloc() function allocates size bytes aligned on a page boundary.
It is implemented by calling malloc(3) with a slightly larger request,
saving the true beginning of the block allocated, and returning a proper-
ly aligned pointer.

RETURN VALUES
The valloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if suc-
cessful; otherwise a null pointer is returned

HISTORY
The valloc() function appeared in 3.0BSD.

BUGS
A vfree function has not been implemented.

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