1*06ea77a2Sabhinav.\" $NetBSD: memory.3,v 1.12 2017/04/26 07:40:09 abhinav Exp $ 26dda330eSthorpej.\" 35f8a6c06Sperry.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 45f8a6c06Sperry.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 561f28255Scgd.\" 661f28255Scgd.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 761f28255Scgd.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 861f28255Scgd.\" are met: 961f28255Scgd.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 1061f28255Scgd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 1161f28255Scgd.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 1261f28255Scgd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 1361f28255Scgd.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14eb7c1594Sagc.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 1561f28255Scgd.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 1661f28255Scgd.\" without specific prior written permission. 1761f28255Scgd.\" 1861f28255Scgd.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 1961f28255Scgd.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 2061f28255Scgd.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 2161f28255Scgd.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 2261f28255Scgd.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 2361f28255Scgd.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 2461f28255Scgd.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 2561f28255Scgd.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 2661f28255Scgd.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 2761f28255Scgd.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 2861f28255Scgd.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 2961f28255Scgd.\" 305f8a6c06Sperry.\" from: @(#)memory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 3161f28255Scgd.\" 32*06ea77a2Sabhinav.Dd April 26, 2017 3361f28255Scgd.Dt MEMORY 3 3438c96853Sgarbled.Os 3561f28255Scgd.Sh NAME 36*06ea77a2Sabhinav.Nm memory 3761f28255Scgd.Nd general memory allocation operations 38312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY 39312aca53Sperry.Lb libc 4061f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS 41472351e1Swiz.In stdlib.h 4261f28255Scgd.Ft void * 4361f28255Scgd.Fn malloc "size_t size" 4461f28255Scgd.Ft void 4561f28255Scgd.Fn free "void *ptr" 4661f28255Scgd.Ft void * 4761f28255Scgd.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size" 4861f28255Scgd.Ft void * 4961f28255Scgd.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize" 5061f28255Scgd.Ft void * 5161f28255Scgd.Fn alloca "size_t size" 5261f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION 5361f28255ScgdThese functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. 5461f28255ScgdThey are described in the 5561f28255Scgdindividual manual pages. 56b43f9512SjruohoThe memory allocators used in the kernel are described in 57b43f9512Sjruoho.Xr memoryallocators 9 . 5861f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO 590af73d03Senami.Xr alloca 3 , 6061f28255Scgd.Xr calloc 3 , 6161f28255Scgd.Xr free 3 , 6261f28255Scgd.Xr malloc 3 , 630af73d03Senami.Xr realloc 3 6461f28255Scgd.Sh STANDARDS 6561f28255ScgdThese functions, with the exception of 6661f28255Scgd.Fn alloca 6761f28255Scgdconform to 6861f28255Scgd.St -ansiC . 69