Add a function attribute called `__malloc_like', which informs gcc

that the annotated function returns a pointer that doesn't alias any
extant pointer. This results in a 50%+ speedup in microbenchmarks such
as the following:

    char *cp = malloc(1), *buf = malloc(BUF);
    for (i = 0; i < BUF; i++) buf[i] = *cp;

In real programs, your mileage will vary. Note that gcc already
performs this optimization automatically for any function called
`malloc', `calloc', `strdup', or `strndup' unless -fno-builtins is
used.

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