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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
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+.\"     from: @(#)malloc.3	6.7 (Berkeley) 6/29/91
+.\"	$Id: malloc.3,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:18 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd June 29, 1991
+.Dt MALLOC 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm malloc
+.Nd general memory allocation function
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
+.Ft void *
+.Fn malloc "size_t size"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn malloc
+function allocates uninitialized space for an object whose
+size is specified by
+.Fa size .
+The
+.Fn malloc
+function maintains multiple lists of free blocks according to size, allocating
+space from the appropriate list.
+.Pp
+The allocated space is
+suitably aligned (after possible pointer
+coercion) for storage of any type of object. If the space is of
+.Em pagesize
+or larger, the memory returned will be page-aligned.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn malloc
+function returns
+a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise
+a null pointer is returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr brk 2 ,
+.Xr getpagesize 2 ,
+.Xr free 3 ,
+.Xr calloc 3 ,
+.Xr alloca 3 ,
+.Xr realloc 3 ,
+.Xr memory 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn malloc
+function conforms to
+.St -ansiC .
+.Sh BUGS
+The current implementation of
+.Xr malloc
+does not always fail gracefully when system
+memory limits are approached.
+It may fail to allocate memory when larger free blocks could be broken
+up, or when limits are exceeded because the size is rounded up.
+It is optimized for sizes that are powers of two.