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author | 2014-10-30 21:47:47 +0000 | |
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committer | 2014-10-30 21:47:47 +0000 | |
commit | 468632fffdafb1e355b294e3c52df4f34b406543 (patch) | |
tree | 062d23d27a76053e14304b86134c1b9de14ec0d0 /lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | |
parent | Don't mention old systems where realloc(NULL, n) didn't work as we (diff) | |
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clean up verbiage around the calculations; ok ingo jmc otto
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 8ae3ba20e6d..3ce9d2e28ca 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.84 2014/10/30 20:43:35 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.85 2014/10/30 21:47:47 deraadt Exp $ .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: October 30 2014 $ .Dt MALLOC 3 @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn malloc -function allocates uninitialized space for an object whose -size is specified by +function allocates uninitialized space for an object of +the specified .Fa size . .Fn malloc maintains multiple lists of free blocks according to size, allocating @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The .Fn calloc function allocates space for an array of .Fa nmemb -objects, each of whose size is +objects, each of the specified .Fa size . The space is initialized to zero. .Pp @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ except it operates on .Fa nmemb members of size .Fa size -and checks for integer overflow in +and checks for integer overflow in the calculation .Fa nmemb * .Fa size . |