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.Dd October 18, 2023
.Dt MEMORY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm aligned_alloc ,
.Nm alloca ,
.Nm calloc ,
.Nm free ,
.Nm malloc ,
.Nm posix_memalign ,
.Nm realloc ,
.Nm reallocf ,
.Nm valloc ,
.Nm mmap ,
.Nm munmap
.Nd memory management functions
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft void *
.Fn aligned_alloc "size_t alignment" "size_t size"
.Ft void *
.Fn alloca "size_t size"
.Ft void *
.Fn calloc "size_t nelem" "size_t elsize"
.Ft void
.Fn free "void *ptr"
.Ft void *
.Fn malloc "size_t size"
.Ft int
.Fn posix_memalign "void **ptr" "size_t alignment" "size_t size"
.Ft void *
.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size"
.Ft void *
.Fn reallocf "void *ptr" "size_t size"
.Ft void *
.Fn valloc "size_t size"
.In sys/types.h
.In sys/mman.h
.Ft void *
.Fn mmap "void * addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset"
.Ft int
.Fn munmap "void *addr" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions allocate and free memory for the calling process.
They are described in the
individual manual pages.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mmap 2 ,
.Xr aligned_alloc 3 ,
.Xr alloca 3 ,
.Xr calloc 3 ,
.Xr free 3 ,
.Xr malloc 3 ,
.Xr posix_memalign 3 ,
.Xr realloc 3 ,
.Xr reallocf 3 ,
.Xr valloc 3 ,
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn calloc ,
.Fn free ,
.Fn malloc ,
and
.Fn realloc
functions conform to
.St -isoC .
.Pp
The
.Fn mmap ,
.Fn munmap ,
and
.Fn posix_memalign
functions conform to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .