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diff --git a/man/man3/malloc.html b/man/man3/malloc.html deleted file mode 100644 index 9c30c293..00000000 --- a/man/man3/malloc.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,181 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>malloc(3) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>MALLOC(3)</b><td align=right><b>MALLOC(3)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - malloc, mallocz, free, realloc, calloc, setmalloctag, setrealloctag, - getmalloctag, getrealloctag – memory allocator<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>#include <u.h><br> - #include <libc.h> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void* malloc(ulong size) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void* mallocz(ulong size, int clr) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void free(void *ptr) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void* realloc(void *ptr, ulong size) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void* calloc(ulong nelem, ulong elsize) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void setmalloctag(void *ptr, ulong tag) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>ulong getmalloctag(void *ptr) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>void setrealloctag(void *ptr, ulong tag) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>ulong getrealloctag(void *ptr)<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Malloc</i> and <i>free</i> provide a simple memory allocation package. <i>Malloc</i> - returns a pointer to a new block of at least <i>size</i> bytes. The block - is suitably aligned for storage of any type of object. No two - active pointers from <i>malloc</i> will have the same value. The call - <tt><font size=+1>malloc(0)</font></tt> returns a valid pointer rather than null. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The argument to <i>free</i> is a pointer to a block previously allocated - by <i>malloc</i>; this space is made available for further allocation. - It is legal to free a null pointer; the effect is a no-op. The - contents of the space returned by <i>malloc</i> are undefined. <i>Mallocz</i> - behaves as <i>malloc</i>, except that if <i>clr</i> is non-zero, the memory - returned will be zeroed. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - <i>Realloc</i> changes the size of the block pointed to by <i>ptr</i> to <i>size</i> - bytes and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block. The - contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old - sizes. <i>Realloc</i> takes on special meanings when one or both arguments - are zero:<br> - <tt><font size=+1>realloc(0, size)<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - means <tt><font size=+1>malloc(size)</font></tt>; returns a pointer to the newly-allocated memory<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>realloc(ptr, 0)<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - means <tt><font size=+1>free(ptr)</font></tt>; returns null<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>realloc(0, 0)<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - no-op; returns null - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - - </table> - <i>Calloc</i> allocates space for an array of <i>nelem</i> elements of size - <i>elsize</i>. The space is initialized to zeros. <i>Free</i> frees such a block. - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The memory allocator on Plan 9 maintains two word-sized fields - associated with each block, the “malloc tag” and the “realloc - tag”. By convention, the malloc tag is the PC that allocated the - block, and the realloc tag the PC that last reallocated the block. - These may be set or examined with <i>setmalloctag</i>, <i>getmalloctag</i>, - <i>setrealloctag</i>, and <i>getrealloctag</i>. When allocating blocks directly - with <i>malloc</i> and <i>realloc</i>, these tags will be set properly. If a - custom allocator wrapper is used, the allocator wrapper can set - the tags itself (usually by passing the result of <a href="../man3/getcallerpc.html"><i>getcallerpc</i>(3)</a> - to <i>setmalloctag</i>) to provide more useful information about the - source - of allocation.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/malloc.c<br> - /usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/malloctag.c<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>trump</i> (in <a href="../man1/acid.html"><i>acid</i>(1)</a>), <a href="../man3/getcallerpc.html"><i>getcallerpc</i>(3)</a><br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DIAGNOSTICS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Malloc, realloc</i> and <i>calloc</i> return 0 if there is no available memory. - <i>Errstr</i> is likely to be set. If the allocated blocks have no malloc - or realloc tags, <i>getmalloctag</i> and <i>getrealloctag</i> return <tt><font size=+1>~0</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The <i>trump</i> library for <i>acid</i> can be used to obtain traces of malloc - execution; see <a href="../man1/acid.html"><i>acid</i>(1)</a>.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The different specification of <i>calloc</i> is bizarre. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - User errors can corrupt the storage arena. The most common gaffes - are (1) freeing an already freed block, (2) storing beyond the - bounds of an allocated block, and (3) freeing data that was not - obtained from the allocator. When <i>malloc</i> and <i>free</i> detect such - corruption, they abort. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - To avoid name conflicts with the system versions of these functions, - <i>malloc</i>, <i>realloc</i>, <i>calloc</i>, and <i>free</i> are preprocessor macros defined - as <i>p9malloc</i>, <i>p9realloc</i>, <i>p9calloc</i>, and <i>p9free</i>; see <a href="../man3/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(3)</a>.<br> - -</table> - -<td width=20> -<tr height=20><td> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> -<tr><td><td> -<center> -<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> -</center> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -</body></html> |