MEMORY(3)

NAME
malloc, free, realloc, calloc, alloca - general memory allocation operations

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void *
malloc(size_t size);
void
free(void *ptr);
void *
realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
void *
calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
void *
alloca(size_t size);

DESCRIPTION
These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process. They are described in the individual manual pages. The memory allocators used in the kernel are described in memoryallocators(9).

SEE ALSO
alloca(3), calloc(3), free(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)

STANDARDS
These functions, with the exception of alloca() conform to ansiC.