NAME
memory —
general memory allocation
operations
LIBRARY
library “libc”
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
STANDARDS
These functions, with the exception of
alloca() conform to ANSI
X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”).