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.TH VALLOC 3 "19 January 1983"
.UC
.SH NAME
valloc \- aligned memory allocator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B char *valloc(size)
.B unsigned size;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Valloc
allocates
.I size
bytes aligned on a page boundary.
It is implemented by calling
.IR malloc (3)
with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.I Valloc
returns a null pointer (0) if there is no available memory
or if the arena has been detectably corrupted by storing outside the bounds
of a block.
.SH BUGS
.I Vfree
isn't implemented.
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05dda90f C	1	.TH VALLOC 3 "19 January 1983"
	2	.UC
	3	.SH NAME
	4	valloc \- aligned memory allocator
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.nf
	7	.B char *valloc(size)
	8	.B unsigned size;
	9	.fi
	10	.SH DESCRIPTION
	11	.I Valloc
	12	allocates
	13	.I size
	14	bytes aligned on a page boundary.
	15	It is implemented by calling
	16	.IR malloc (3)
	17	with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
	18	allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
	19	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	20	.I Valloc
	21	returns a null pointer (0) if there is no available memory
	22	or if the arena has been detectably corrupted by storing outside the bounds
	23	of a block.
	24	.SH BUGS
	25	.I Vfree
	26	isn't implemented.