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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/valloc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 b/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 index 0fc22542cf9..963cd29859f 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: valloc.3,v 1.5 1999/05/23 14:11:01 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: valloc.3,v 1.6 1999/05/29 22:38:37 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ .Fn valloc "size_t size" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Bf -symbolic -Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of +The +.Fn valloc +function is obsoleted by the current version of .Xr malloc 3 , which aligns page-sized and larger allocations. .Ef .Pp The .Fn valloc -function -allocates +function allocates .Fa size bytes aligned on a page boundary. It is implemented by calling @@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer. The .Fn valloc function returns -a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise -a null pointer is returned +a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise a +.Dv NULL +pointer is returned .Sh HISTORY The .Fn valloc @@ -71,6 +73,6 @@ function appeared in .Bx 3.0 . .Sh BUGS A -.Em vfree +.Fn vfree function has not been implemented. |