NAME

valloc — aligned memory allocation function

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdlib.h>

void *
valloc(size_t size);

DESCRIPTION

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 properly aligned pointer.

RETURN VALUES

The valloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise a null pointer is returned

HISTORY

The valloc() function appeared in 3.0BSD.

BUGS

A vfree() function has not been implemented.