Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 Developer's Guide

slapi_ch_malloc()

Allocates space in memory.

Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
char * slapi_ch_malloc( unsigned long size );

Parameters

This function takes the following parameter:

size

Size in bytes of the space for which you wish to get the memory.

Returns

This function returns a pointer to the newly allocated space of memory. If space cannot be allocated (for example, if no more virtual memory exists), the slapd program terminates.

Memory Concerns

This function should be called instead of the standard malloc() C function, and terminates the slapd server with an “out of memory” error message if memory cannot be allocated.

The returned pointer should be freed by calling slapi_ch_free() .

See Also

slapi_ch_free()

slapi_ch_calloc()

slapi_ch_realloc()

slapi_ch_strdup()