valloc

Syntax

#include <stdlib.h> void *valloc(size_t size);

Description

This function is just like malloc (see section malloc) except the returned pointer is a multiple of the CPU page size which is 4096 bytes.

Return Value

A pointer to a newly allocated block of memory.

Portability

ANSI/ISO C	No
POSIX	No

Example

char *page = valloc(getpagesize());