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MEMORY(3)               NetBSD Library Functions Manual              MEMORY(3)


NAME

     malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca -- general memory allocation opera-
     tions


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     malloc(size_t size);

     void
     free(void *ptr);

     void *
     realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);

     void *
     calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);

     void *
     alloca(size_t size);


DESCRIPTION

     These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.  They
     are described in the individual manual pages.  The memory allocators used
     in the kernel are described in memoryallocators(9).


SEE ALSO

     alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)


STANDARDS

     These functions, with the exception of alloca() conform to ANSI
     X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'').

NetBSD 7.1.2                  September 11, 2011                  NetBSD 7.1.2