The PERM_MALLOC macro is a platform-independent substitute for the C library routine malloc. It provides allocation of memory that persists after the request that is being processed has been completed.
void *PERM_MALLOC(int size)
A void pointer to a block of memory.
int size is the number of bytes to allocate.
/* Allocate 256 bytes for a name */ char *name; name = (char *) PERM_MALLOC(256);