NAME

posix_memalign - aligned memory allocation (ADVANCED REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS

[ADV] #include <stdlib.h>

int posix_memalign(void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size);

DESCRIPTION

The posix_memalign() function shall allocate size bytes aligned on a boundary specified by alignment, and shall return a pointer to the allocated memory in memptr. The value of alignment shall be a multiple of sizeof( void *), that is also a power of two. Upon successful completion, the value pointed to by memptr shall be a multiple of alignment.

^[CX] The free() function shall deallocate memory that has previously been allocated by posix_memalign().

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, posix_memalign() shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The posix_memalign() function shall fail if:

[EINVAL]

The value of the alignment parameter is not a power of two multiple of sizeof( void *).

[ENOMEM]

There is insufficient memory available with the requested alignment.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

The posix_memalign() function is part of the Advisory Information option and need not be provided on all implementations.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

free(), malloc(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdlib.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from IEEE Std 1003.1d-1999.

In the SYNOPSIS, the inclusion of <sys/types.h> is no longer required.