mlib_malloc(3MLIB)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Parameters | Return Values | Attributes | See Also

Name

mlib_malloc– allocate a block of bytes

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ]
#include <mlib.h>

void *mlib_malloc(size_t size);

Description

The mlib_malloc() function allocates size bytes on a 16-byte aligned boundary and returns a pointer to the allocated block.

This function is equivalent to memalign(16, size).

Parameters

The function takes the following arguments:

size

Size of the block in bytes.

Return Values

The function returns a pointer to the allocated block if successful. Otherwise it returns a null pointer.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Committed
MT-Level	MT-Safe

See Also

mlib_free(3MLIB), mlib_realloc(3MLIB), malloc(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10  Last Revised 12 Sep 2007

Name | Synopsis | Description | Parameters | Return Values | Attributes | See Also