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diff --git a/man/libsimple_enposix_memalign.3 b/man/libsimple_enposix_memalign.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..598e4f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/libsimple_enposix_memalign.3 @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +.TH LIBSIMPLE_ENPOSIX_MEMALIGN 3 2018-11-03 libsimple +.SH NAME +libsimple_enposix_memalign \- allocate memory with custom alignment or die +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <libsimple.h> + +static inline void libsimple_enposix_memalign(int \fIstatus\fP, void **\fImemptr\fP, size_t \fIalignment\fP, size_t \fIn\fP); +static inline void libsimple_eposix_memalign(void **\fImemptr\fP, size_t \fIalignment\fP, size_t \fIn\fP); + +#ifndef enposix_memalign +# define enposix_memalign libsimple_enposix_memalign +#endif +#ifndef eposix_memalign +# define eposix_memalign libsimple_eposix_memalign +#endif +.fi +.PP +Link with +.IR \-lsimple . +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +and +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +functions allocate +.I n +uninitialised bytes to the heap and store a +pointer with an alignment of +.I alignment +bytes to the allocated memory in +.IR memptr . +The function +.BR free (3) +shall be called with the pointer stored in +.I memptr +as input when the allocated memory is no longer needed. +.I *memptr +remains unmodified on failure. +.PP +The +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +and +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +functions will terminate the process if the memory +cannot be allocated of if the user tries to allocate +0 bytes, by calling the +.BR libsimple_enprintf () +and +.BR libsimple_eprintf () +functions, respectively. +On failure, the process's exit value will be +.I status +if the +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +function is used or +.IR libsimple_default_failure_exit (3) +if the +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +function is used. Failure include, +.I alignment +not being a power of two, or +.I alignment +not being a multiple of +.IR "sizeof(void *)" . +.PP +The +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +and +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +functions behaviour is unspecified if +.I n +is 0. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +and +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +functions do not return a value, but +terminated the process on failure. +.SH ERRORS +The +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign () +and +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +functions will terminate the process on failure. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lb lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign (), +.br +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +T{ +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign (), +.br +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +T} Async-signal safety AS-Safe +T{ +.BR libsimple_enposix_memalign (), +.br +.BR libsimple_eposix_memalign () +T} Async-cancel safety AC-Safe +.TE +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +None. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +None. +.SH NOTES +None. +.SH BUGS +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR libsimple_enmalloc (3), +.BR libsimple_mallocz (3), +.BR libsimple_vmallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_vmalloczn (3), +.BR libsimple_encalloc (3), +.BR libsimple_vcallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_enrealloc (3), +.BR libsimple_vreallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_memalign (3), +.BR libsimple_memalignz (3), +.BR libsimple_vmemalignn (3), +.BR libsimple_vmemalignzn (3), +.BR libsimple_posix_memalignz (3), +.BR libsimple_vposix_memalignn (3), +.BR libsimple_vposix_memalignzn (3), +.BR libsimple_enaligned_alloc (3), +.BR libsimple_aligned_allocz (3), +.BR libsimple_valigned_allocn (3), +.BR libsimple_valigned_alloczn (3), +.BR libsimple_pvalloc (3), +.BR libsimple_pvallocz (3), +.BR libsimple_vpvallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_vpvalloczn (3), +.BR libsimple_valloc (3), +.BR libsimple_vallocz (3), +.BR libsimple_vvallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_vvalloczn (3), +.BR posix_memalign (3) |