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authordownsj <downsj@openbsd.org>1996-08-21 03:12:17 +0000
committerdownsj <downsj@openbsd.org>1996-08-21 03:12:17 +0000
commita0bc0cf835aaa8a3bdc7ae69502db0f9e89eb191 (patch)
tree5bccc9f6fa99acae8e3fbab9d3928a07d6fc6cab
parentcfree moved to libc (diff)
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Document it.
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc4
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.314
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc
index 6c635ef354b..abd46ae12a5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.3 1996/08/10 04:18:48 tholo Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.4 1996/08/21 03:12:17 downsj Exp $
# stdlib sources
.PATH: ${.CURDIR}/arch/${MACHINE_ARCH}/stdlib ${.CURDIR}/stdlib
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ MAN+= abort.3 abs.3 alloca.3 atexit.3 atof.3 atoi.3 atol.3 bsearch.3 \
random.3 realpath.3 strtod.3 strtol.3 strtoul.3 system.3
MLINKS+=getenv.3 setenv.3 getenv.3 unsetenv.3 getenv.3 putenv.3
-MLINKS+=malloc.3 free.3 malloc.3 realloc.3
+MLINKS+=malloc.3 free.3 malloc.3 realloc.3 cfree.3
MLINKS+=qsort.3 heapsort.3 qsort.3 mergesort.3
MLINKS+=rand.3 srand.3
MLINKS+=random.3 initstate.3 random.3 setstate.3 random.3 srandom.3
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index b6acd648549..979e77016df 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.2 1996/08/10 04:18:49 tholo Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.3 1996/08/21 03:12:18 downsj Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt MALLOC 3
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
.Nm malloc ,
.Nd general memory allocation function
.Pp
-.Nm free
+.Nm free ,
+.Nm cfree
.Nd free up memory allocated with malloc, calloc or realloc
.Pp
.Nm realloc
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@
.Fn malloc "size_t size"
.Ft void
.Fn free "void *ptr"
+.Ft void
+.Fn cfree "void *ptr"
.Ft void *
.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -83,6 +86,13 @@ If
.Fa ptr
is a null pointer, no action occurs.
.Pp
+A
+.Fn cfree
+function is also provided for compatibility with old systems and other
+.Nm malloc
+libraries; it is simply an alias for
+.Fn free .
+.Pp
The
.Fn realloc
function changes the size of the object pointed to by