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MBKALLOC(3) | MBK UTILITY FUNCTIONS | MBKALLOC(3) |
NAME¶
mbkalloc - mbk memory allocatorORIGIN¶
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France.Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr
SYNOPSYS¶
#include "mut.h" char ∗mbkalloc(bytes) unsigned int bytes;
PARAMETER¶
- bytes
- Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated
DESCRIPTION¶
mbkalloc returns a block of bytes length, for any purpose. It is now a day just an encapsulation of the system malloc function, but may evolve to a special allocator in the future. Its use is strongly encouraged.- Remark :
- a global variable, long mbkalloc_stat, updates the number of allocated bytes, and may be accessed by anyone to see the amount of allocated memory.
RETURN VALUE¶
mbkalloc returns a pointer to a bytes long block.ERROR¶
"∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ mbkalloc impossible : not enough memory"System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can
be retrieved from the system.
EXAMPLE¶
#include "mut.h" char ∗dup_str(s); { char ∗t = (char ∗)mbkalloc(strlen(s) + (unsigned int)1); strcpy(t, s); return t; }
SEE ALSO¶
mbk(1), mbkfree(3).BUG REPORT¶
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.
October 1, 1997 | ASIM/LIP6 |