VALLOC(3) BSD Programmer's Manual VALLOC(3)
valloc - aligned memory allocation function
#include <unistd.h>
void *
valloc(size_t size);
The valloc() function is obsoleted by the current version of malloc(3),
which aligns page-sized and larger allocations.
The valloc() function allocates size bytes aligned on a page boundary. It
is implemented by calling malloc(3) with a slightly larger request, sav-
ing the true beginning of the block allocated, and returning a properly
aligned pointer.
The valloc() function returns a pointer to the allocated space if suc-
cessful; otherwise a null pointer is returned.
malloc(3)
The valloc() function appeared in 3.0BSD.
A vfree() function has not been implemented.
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