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diff --git a/man3/libsimple_vallocz.3 b/man3/libsimple_vallocz.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3559a32 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/libsimple_vallocz.3 @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@ +.TH LIBSIMPLE_VALLOCZ 3 2018-11-03 libsimple +.SH NAME +libsimple_vallocz \- allocate optionally initialised memory with page size alignment +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <libsimple.h> + +static inline void *libsimple_vallocz(int \fIclear\fP, size_t \fIn\fP); +static inline void *libsimple_envallocz(int \fIstatus\fP, int \fIclear\fP, size_t \fIn\fP); +static inline void *libsimple_evallocz(int \fIclear\fP, size_t \fIn\fP); + +#ifndef vallocz +# define vallocz libsimple_vallocz +#endif +#ifndef envallocz +# define envallocz libsimple_envallocz +#endif +#ifndef evallocz +# define evallocz libsimple_evallocz +#endif +.fi +.PP +Link with +.IR \-lsimple . +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR libsimple_vallocz (), +.BR libsimple_envallocz (), +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +functions allocate +.I n +bytes to the heap and return a pointer with an +alignment of the page size +to the allocated memory. The memory will be +initialised with zeroes if +.I clear +is a non-zero value. The function +.BR free (3) +shall be called with the returned pointer as +input when the allocated memory is no longer needed. +.PP +The +.BR libsimple_envallocz () +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +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_envallocz () +function is used or +.IR libsimple_default_failure_exit (3) +if the +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +function is used. +.PP +The +.BR libsimple_envallocz () +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +functions behaviour is unspecified if +.I n +is 0. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR libsimple_vallocz (), +.BR libsimple_envallocz (), +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +functions return a pointer to the allocated memory +upon success completion; otherwise the +.BR libsimple_vallocz () +function return +.B NULL +and set +.I errno +it indicate the error, and the +.BR libsimple_envallocz () +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +functions terminated the process. +.SH ERRORS +The +.BR libsimple_vallocz () +function will fail if: +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I n +is 0. +.TP +.B ENOMEM +Enough memory could not be allocated. +.PP +The +.BR libsimple_envallocz () +and +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +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_vallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_envallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +T{ +.BR libsimple_vallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_envallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +T} Async-signal safety AS-Safe +T{ +.BR libsimple_vallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_envallocz (), +.br +.BR libsimple_evallocz () +T} Async-cancel safety AC-Safe +.TE +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +None. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +None. +.SH NOTES +The GNU implementation of +.BR valloc (3) +is \(dqMT-Unsafe init\(dq. +.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_enposix_memalign (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_vvallocn (3), +.BR libsimple_vvalloczn (3), +.BR libsimple_vmemalloc (3), +.BR libsimple_varrayalloc (3) |