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diff --git a/lib/libutil/emalloc.3 b/lib/libutil/emalloc.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f087e86 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libutil/emalloc.3 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Assar Westerlund +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 17, 2001 +.Os +.Dt EMALLOC 3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm emalloc , ecalloc , erealloc , estrdup +.Nd non-failing memory allocation functions +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libutil +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <libutil.h> +.Ft void * +.Fn emalloc "size_t size" +.Ft void * +.Fn ecalloc "size_t number" "size_t size" +.Ft void * +.Fn erealloc "void *ptr" "size_t size" +.Ft char * +.Fn estrdup "const char *str" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These functions work as +.Fn malloc , +.Fn calloc , +.Fn realloc , +and +.Fn strdup , +except that they never return +.Dv NULL , +but instead call +.Fn errx +to abort the program if memory allocation fails. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr malloc 3 , +.Xr calloc 3 , +.Xr realloc 3 , +.Xr strdup 3 , +.Xr errx 3 |