'\" t .\" Title: ipc_rcu_alloc .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: March 2017 .\" Manual: Kernel IPC facilities .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.10.7 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "IPC_RCU_ALLOC" "9" "March 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.10\&" "Kernel IPC facilities" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" ipc_rcu_alloc \- allocate ipc and rcu space .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'void\ *\ ipc_rcu_alloc('u .BI "void * ipc_rcu_alloc(int\ " "size" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIsize\fR .RS 4 size desired .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Allocate memory for the rcu header structure + the object\&. Returns the pointer to the object or NULL upon failure\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br