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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-11-10 22:19:23 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-11-10 22:19:23 +0000 |
commit | bc9e909965e411498ba0bc784d8b3580bfceed90 (patch) | |
tree | 1b059e64207d924b451b9bc9f57e6b81ec7fecf8 /lib/libc/stdlib | |
parent | d2c7a19399d946c57a28398d75f86ca0e2334e5a (diff) |
Tweaks; millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index c9c87cf4206..ea8f41e6c5a 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 1.16 1999/11/09 22:12:36 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.17 1999/11/10 22:19:22 aaron Exp $ .\" .Dd August 27, 1996 .Dt MALLOC 3 @@ -257,11 +257,12 @@ otherwise a null pointer is returned. .Sh MESSAGES If .Fn malloc , -.Fn free -or +.Fn calloc , .Fn realloc -detects an error or warning condition, -a message will be printed to filedescriptor +or +.Fn free +detect an error or warning condition, +a message will be printed to file descriptor 2 (not using stdio). Errors will always result in the process being .Xr abort 3 'ed. @@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ fishy in there. Consult sources and or wizards. .Pp ``allocation failed'' if the ``A'' option is specified it is an error for -.Fn malloc +.Fn malloc , +.Fn calloc or .Fn realloc to return @@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ a sensible page. ``recursive call.'' You have tried to call recursively into these functions. I can only imagine this as happening if you call one of these -functions from a signal function, which happens to be called +functions from a signal handler, which happens to be called while you're already in here. Well, sorry to say: that's not supported. If this is a problem for you I'd like to hear about it. It @@ -343,7 +345,6 @@ symbolic link to file containing option flags .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr brk 2 , .Xr alloca 3 , -.Xr calloc 3 , .Xr getpagesize 3 , .Xr memory 3 .Pa /usr/share/doc/papers/malloc.ascii.gz |