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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/bsdmalloc.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/bsdmalloc.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b6d93398 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/bsdmalloc.3 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: bsdmalloc.3,v 1.3 2023/07/06 01:32:52 uwe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2023 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 4, 2023 +.Dt BSDMALLOC 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bsdmalloc +.Nd lightweight historic BSD memory allocator replacement +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libbsdmalloc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In stdlib.h +.Ft void * +.Fn malloc "size_t size" +.Ft void * +.Fn calloc "size_t nmemb" "size_t size" +.Ft void * +.Fn realloc "void *ptr" "size_t size" +.Ft void * +.Fn aligned_alloc "size_t alignment" "size_t size" +.Ft int +.Fn posix_memalign "void **memptr" "size_t alignment" "size_t size" +.Ft void +.Fn free "void *ptr" +.Ft void +.Fn _malloc_prefork "void" +.Ft void +.Fn _malloc_postfork "void" +.Ft void +.Fn _malloc_postfork_child "void" +.\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +library provides a lower-performance but smaller-size drop-in +replacement for the standard +.Xr malloc 3 +family of functions provided by +.Lb libc , +as well as internal hooks for +.Xr fork 2 +safety in multithreaded programs. +.Pp +Programs can be statically linked with +.Li -lbsdmalloc +for smaller code footprint, at a higher cost to run-time performance +and scalability and limited diagnostics. +.\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr malloc 3 , +.Xr posix_memalign 3 +.\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" +.Sh BUGS +.Nm Ns No 's +implementation of +.Fn malloc , +.Fn calloc , +and +.Fn realloc +doesn't correctly set +.Xr errno 2 +on failure. |
