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malloc(9): Document/complete aligned variants

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Comments on a pending kvmclock driver suggested adding a
malloc_aligned() to complement malloc_domainset_aligned(); add it now,
and document both.

Reviewed by:	imp, kib, allanjude (manpages)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31004
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Adam Fenn 2021-08-02 15:33:31 -05:00 committed by Kyle Evans
parent 428624130a
commit 6162cf885c
2 changed files with 26 additions and 1 deletions
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share/man/man9/malloc.9
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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.3 1996/11/11 00:05:11 lukem Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 6, 2021
.Dd July 2, 2021
.Dt MALLOC 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
.Ft size_t
.Fn malloc_usable_size "const void *addr"
.Ft void *
.Fo malloc_aligned
.Fa "size_t size"
.Fa "size_t align"
.Fa "struct malloc_type *type"
.Fa "int flags"
.Fc
.Ft void *
.Fn malloc_exec "size_t size" "struct malloc_type *type" "int flags"
.Fn MALLOC_DECLARE type
.In sys/param.h
@ -69,6 +76,14 @@
.Ft void *
.Fn malloc_domainset "size_t size" "struct malloc_type *type" "struct domainset *ds" "int flags"
.Ft void *
.Fo malloc_domainset_aligned
.Fa "size_t size"
.Fa "size_t align"
.Fa "struct malloc_type *type"
.Fa "struct domainset *ds"
.Fa "int flags"
.Fc
.Ft void *
.Fn malloc_domainset_exec "size_t size" "struct malloc_type *type" "struct domainset *ds" "int flags"
.Ft void *
.Fn mallocarray_domainset "size_t nmemb" "size_t size" "struct malloc_type *type" "struct domainset *ds" "int flags"
@ -88,6 +103,14 @@ See
.Xr domainset 9
for some example policies.
.Pp
The
.Fn malloc_aligned
and
.Fn malloc_domainset_aligned
variants return allocations aligned as specified by
.Fa align ,
which must be non-zero, a power of two, and less than or equal to the page size.
.Pp
Both
.Fn malloc_exec
and

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sys/sys/malloc.h
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@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ void *realloc(void *addr, size_t size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags)
__result_use_check __alloc_size(2);
void *reallocf(void *addr, size_t size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags)
__result_use_check __alloc_size(2);
void *malloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t align, struct malloc_type *type,
int flags) __malloc_like __result_use_check __alloc_size(1);
void *malloc_domainset_aligned(size_t size, size_t align,
struct malloc_type *mtp, struct domainset *ds, int flags)
__malloc_like __result_use_check __alloc_size(1);