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| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. | ||
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | ||
| 3 | .\" | ||
| 4 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | ||
| 5 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | ||
| 6 | .\" are met: | ||
| 7 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | ||
| 8 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | ||
| 9 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | ||
| 10 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | ||
| 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | ||
| 12 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | ||
| 13 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement: | ||
| 14 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | ||
| 15 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | ||
| 16 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | ||
| 17 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | ||
| 18 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | ||
| 19 | .\" | ||
| 20 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | ||
| 21 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | ||
| 22 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | ||
| 23 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | ||
| 24 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | ||
| 25 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | ||
| 26 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | ||
| 27 | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | ||
| 28 | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | ||
| 29 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | ||
| 30 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | ||
| 31 | .\" | ||
| 32 | .\" $OpenBSD: alloca.3,v 1.3 1996/08/19 08:33:22 tholo Exp $ | ||
| 33 | .\" | ||
| 34 | .Dd May 2, 1991 | ||
| 35 | .Dt ALLOCA 3 | ||
| 36 | .Os BSD 4 | ||
| 37 | .Sh NAME | ||
| 38 | .Nm alloca | ||
| 39 | .Nd memory allocator | ||
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
| 41 | .Fd #include <stdlib.h> | ||
| 42 | .Ft void * | ||
| 43 | .Fn alloca "size_t size" | ||
| 44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
| 45 | The | ||
| 46 | .Fn alloca | ||
| 47 | function | ||
| 48 | allocates | ||
| 49 | .Fa size | ||
| 50 | bytes of space in the stack frame of the caller. | ||
| 51 | This temporary space is automatically freed on | ||
| 52 | return. | ||
| 53 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | ||
| 54 | The | ||
| 55 | .Fn alloca | ||
| 56 | function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space. | ||
| 57 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
| 58 | .Xr brk 2 , | ||
| 59 | .Xr pagesize 2 | ||
| 60 | .Xr calloc 3 , | ||
| 61 | .Xr malloc 3 , | ||
| 62 | .Xr realloc 3 , | ||
| 63 | .Sh BUGS | ||
| 64 | The | ||
| 65 | .Fn alloca | ||
| 66 | function | ||
| 67 | is machine dependent; its use is discouraged. | ||
| 68 | .\" .Sh HISTORY | ||
| 69 | .\" The | ||
| 70 | .\" .Fn alloca | ||
| 71 | .\" function appeared in | ||
| 72 | .\" .Bx ?? . | ||
| 73 | .\" The function appeared in 32v, pwb and pwb.2 and in 3bsd 4bsd | ||
| 74 | .\" The first man page (or link to a man page that I can find at the | ||
| 75 | .\" moment is 4.3... | ||