openbsd/src/lib/libc/stdlib, branch OPENBSD_5_2_BASE

use PAGE_SHIFT instead of PGSHIFT, in preperation for future

2012-07-09T08:39:24+00:00

param.h symbol reduction. ok guenther

Zap extra spaces from function pointer arguments

2012-07-08T10:25:55+00:00

Pointed out by Joachim Schipper (joachim at joachimschipper.nl)

Describe tdelete()'s return value correctly and update the related CAVEAT

2012-07-08T10:14:35+00:00

Based on a note from Steffen Daode Nurpmeso (sdaoden at googlemail.com) ok jmc@

after a talk with ariane, use MAP_FIXED for mquery to avoid the cost of

2012-06-26T21:36:25+00:00

scanning for free space if the hint isn't available. also, on further inspection, this will prevent pmap_prefer from "improving" our hint.

two changes which should improve realloc. first, fix zapcacheregion to

2012-06-22T01:30:17+00:00

clear out the entire requested area, not just a perfect fit. second, use mquery to check for room to avoid getting an address we don't like and having to send it back.

two small fixes to free page cache. first, we need two nibbles of random

2012-06-20T13:13:15+00:00

in order to span the the entire cache. second, on free use the same offset to put things in the cache instead of always starting at zero. ok otto

Support larger-than-page-alignment requests in posix_memalign() by

2012-06-18T17:03:52+00:00

overallocating and then releasing unneeded memory pages. ok otto

Update STANDARDS section for a few functions

2012-06-02T00:14:16+00:00

Update SYNOPSIS for setkey() to show it's in ok jmc@, millert@

Improve standards conformance: ecvt(), fcvt(), gcvt(), mktemp(), ttyslot(),

2012-06-01T01:01:57+00:00

and valloc() are not in the current version, while posix_memalign() mkstemp(), and mkdtemp() are, and setstate()'s argument has lost a bogus 'const'. ok millert@ jmc@ espie@ kettenis@; ports build testing by naddy@

alloca is NOT machine dependent; it has exactly the same

2012-04-12T15:46:57+00:00

effective result. its use is NOT discouraged -- it is not common, but when you need it, there is nothing else that will do.