remove recalloc(3); it is buggy and impossible to repair without big

costs; ok jmc@ for the man page bits; ok millert@ deraadt@

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index e82dc45842d..1b481933cae 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -30,16 +30,15 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.50 2007/09/05 06:03:08 deraadt Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.51 2008/05/19 19:36:15 otto Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 19 2008 $
 .Dt MALLOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm malloc ,
 .Nm calloc ,
 .Nm realloc ,
-.Nm recalloc ,
 .Nm free ,
 .Nm cfree
 .Nd memory allocation and deallocation
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@
 .Fn calloc "size_t nmemb" "size_t size"
 .Ft void *
 .Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
-.Ft void *
-.Fn recalloc "void *ptr" "size_t nmemb" "size_t size"
 .Ft void
 .Fn free "void *ptr"
 .Ft void
@@ -206,18 +203,7 @@ if ((newp = realloc(p, num * size)) == NULL) {
 	...
 .Ed
 .Pp
-The
-.Fn recalloc
-function is similar to
-.Fn realloc
-except that it shares semantics with
-.Fn calloc
-rather than
-.Fn malloc .
-Newly allocated space is initialized to zero and the resulting size is
-checked for integer overflow.
-.Pp
-These functions will first look for a symbolic link called
+Malloc will first look for a symbolic link called
 .Pa /etc/malloc.conf
 and next check the environment for a variable called
 .Ev MALLOC_OPTIONS
@@ -272,8 +258,6 @@ sizeof(ptr) errors where sizeof(*ptr) is meant.
 .Dq realloc .
 Always reallocate when
 .Fn realloc
-or
-.Fn recalloc
 is called, even if the initial allocation was big enough.
 This can substantially aid in compacting memory.
 .\".Pp
@@ -458,12 +442,6 @@ The
 .Fn malloc
 function conforms to
 .St -ansiC .
-.Pp
-The
-.Fn recalloc
-function is an
-.Ox
-extension.
 .Sh HISTORY
 The present implementation of
 .Fn malloc