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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 b/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 deleted file mode 100644 index e97d1f3..0000000 --- a/lib/libc/gen/valloc.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)valloc.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $FreeBSD$ -.\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 -.Dt VALLOC 3 -.Os BSD 3 -.Sh NAME -.Nm valloc -.Nd aligned memory allocation function -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Fd #include <unistd.h> -.Ft void * -.Fn valloc "size_t size" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Bf -symbolic -Valloc is obsoleted by the current version of malloc(3), -which aligns page-sized and larger allocations. -.Ef -.Pp -The -.Fn valloc -function -allocates -.Fa size -bytes aligned on a page boundary. -It is implemented by calling -.Xr malloc 3 -with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block -allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer. -.Sh RETURN VALUES -The -.Fn valloc -function returns -a pointer to the allocated space if successful; otherwise -a null pointer is returned -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn valloc -function appeared in -.Bx 3.0 . -.Sh BUGS -A -.Em vfree -function -has not been implemented. |