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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-10-16 03:14:09 +0200
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-10-16 03:14:09 +0200
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limitations on allocsize
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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diff --git a/include/slibc-alloc.h b/include/slibc-alloc.h
index d792ebc..edc7cc7 100644
--- a/include/slibc-alloc.h
+++ b/include/slibc-alloc.h
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ void secure_free(void*);
* This function returns the allocation size of
* a memory segment.
*
+ * Note, this only works for the malloc-family of functions.
+ * It does not work on `alloca`, `strdupa` (or similar
+ * functions), memory maps (that are not created by `malloc`,)
+ * or arrays.
+ *
* `p = malloc(n), allocsize(p)` will return `n`.
*
* @param segment The memory segment.