memalign/memalign.h File Reference

Auxiliary function to allocate aligned blocks of memory. More...

#include <stdlib.h>

Data Structures
struct	mblock
Functions
mblock *	memalign (size_t boundary, size_t size)

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Detailed Description

Auxiliary function to allocate aligned blocks of memory.

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Function Documentation

mblock* memalign (  size_t  boundary, size_t  size )

Allocate a block of memory with the malloc function and returns a mblock. The mblock::addr field of the mblock returned is the address of a buffer aligned to a multiple of boundary. The length of the aligned buffer is size. To deallocate a mblock and the corresponding buffer, you must use the free function on the mblock. Parameters: boundary  power of two that specifies the alignment of the buffer size  size of the allocated buffer

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