aligned_alloc
Defined in header
<stdlib.h>
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Allocate size
bytes of uninitialized storage whose alignment is specified by alignment
. The size
parameter must be an integral multiple of alignment
.
aligned_alloc
is thread-safe: it behaves as though only accessing the memory locations visible through its argument, and not any static storage.
A previous call to free or realloc that deallocates a region of memory synchronizes-with a call to aligned_alloc that allocates the same or a part of the same region of memory. This synchronization occurs after any access to the memory by the deallocating function and before any access to the memory by aligned_alloc
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[edit] Parameters
alignment | - | specifies the alignment. Must be a valid alignment supported by the implementation. |
size | - | number of bytes to allocate. An integral multiple of alignment
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[edit] Return value
Either a null pointer or a pointer to the allocated memory. The pointer must be deallocated with free().
[edit] Notes
Passing a size
which is not an integral multiple of alignment
or a alignment
which is not valid or not supported by the implementation is undefined behavior.
E.g., the glibc requires alignment
to be a power of two and a multiple of sizeof(void *)
.
[edit] References
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
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- 7.22.3.1 Memory management functions
[edit] See also
C++ documentation for aligned storage
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