Oracle® Solaris 11.2 Dynamic Tracing Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

alloca

void *alloca(size_t size)

alloca allocates size bytes out of scratch space, and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. The returned pointer is guaranteed to have 8–byte alignment. Scratch space is only valid for the duration of a clause. Memory allocated with alloca will be deallocated when the clause completes. If insufficient scratch space is available, no memory is allocated and an error is generated.