1.\" $NetBSD: memory.3,v 1.12 2017/04/26 07:40:09 abhinav Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" from: @(#)memory.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 31.\" 32.Dd April 26, 2017 33.Dt MEMORY 3 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm memory 37.Nd general memory allocation operations 38.Sh LIBRARY 39.Lb libc 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.In stdlib.h 42.Ft void * 43.Fn malloc "size_t size" 44.Ft void 45.Fn free "void *ptr" 46.Ft void * 47.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size" 48.Ft void * 49.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize" 50.Ft void * 51.Fn alloca "size_t size" 52.Sh DESCRIPTION 53These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. 54They are described in the 55individual manual pages. 56The memory allocators used in the kernel are described in 57.Xr memoryallocators 9 . 58.Sh SEE ALSO 59.Xr alloca 3 , 60.Xr calloc 3 , 61.Xr free 3 , 62.Xr malloc 3 , 63.Xr realloc 3 64.Sh STANDARDS 65These functions, with the exception of 66.Fn alloca 67conform to 68.St -ansiC . 69