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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
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 |