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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 27 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index 07971b9a006..414f0a97703 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.72 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.73 2013/07/18 10:14:49 schwarze Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2013 $ .Dt MALLOC 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -439,10 +439,27 @@ The function conforms to .St -ansiC . .Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -family of functions first appeared in +A +.Fn free +internal kernel function and a predecessor to +.Fn malloc , +.Fn alloc , +first appeared in +.At v1 . +C library functions +.Fn alloc +and +.Fn free +appeared in +.At v6 . +The functions +.Fn malloc , +.Fn calloc , +and +.Fn realloc +first appeared in .At v7 . +.Pp A new implementation by Chris Kingsley was introduced in .Bx 4.2 , followed by a complete rewrite by Poul-Henning Kamp which appeared in |