valloc3
Aligned memory allocation function
Usage
#include <unistd.h>
void *
valloc(size_t size);
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Overview
The valloc() function is obsoleted by posix_memalign(3), which can be used to request page-aligned allocations.
The valloc() function allocates size bytes aligned on a page boundary.
Return values
The valloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise a null pointer is returned.
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 42 times.