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-.\" @(#)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.
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