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| author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-04-12 15:46:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-04-12 15:46:58 +0000 |
| commit | fe1a6f1c973679052ff409ebadf2e480f52317ca (patch) | |
| tree | 0558133a0ae6122196ae1ccb37d0d614386e69a1 /lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 | |
| parent | 43d325ce326aba75aceba49da9168679560ca7d1 (diff) | |
alloca is NOT machine dependent; it has exactly the same
effective result. its use is NOT discouraged -- it is not
common, but when you need it, there is nothing else that will do.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 index d7fddb04c20..8cc5c42ff5f 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: alloca.3,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:19:31 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: alloca.3,v 1.12 2012/04/12 15:46:57 deraadt Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 12 2012 $ .Dt ALLOCA 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space. .Xr calloc 3 , .Xr malloc 3 , .Xr realloc 3 -.Sh BUGS -The -.Fn alloca -function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged. .\" .Sh HISTORY .\" The .\" .Fn alloca @@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged. .\" The function appeared in 32v, pwb and pwb.2 and in 3bsd 4bsd .\" The first man page (or link to a man page that I can find at the .\" moment is 4.3... -.Pp +.Sh BUGS The .Fn alloca function is slightly unsafe because it cannot ensure that the pointer |