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aaron 25 years ago
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.16 1999/11/09 22:12:36 aaron Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.17 1999/11/10 22:19:22 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 27, 1996
.Dt MALLOC 3
@ -257,11 +257,12 @@ otherwise a null pointer is returned.
.Sh MESSAGES
If
.Fn malloc ,
.Fn free
or
.Fn calloc ,
.Fn realloc
detects an error or warning condition,
a message will be printed to filedescriptor
or
.Fn free
detect an error or warning condition,
a message will be printed to file descriptor
2 (not using stdio).
Errors will always result in the process being
.Xr abort 3 'ed.
@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ fishy in there. Consult sources and or wizards.
.Pp
``allocation failed''
if the ``A'' option is specified it is an error for
.Fn malloc
.Fn malloc ,
.Fn calloc
or
.Fn realloc
to return
@ -325,7 +327,7 @@ a sensible page.
``recursive call.''
You have tried to call recursively into these functions.
I can only imagine this as happening if you call one of these
functions from a signal function, which happens to be called
functions from a signal handler, which happens to be called
while you're already in here.
Well, sorry to say: that's not supported.
If this is a problem for you I'd like to hear about it. It
@ -343,7 +345,6 @@ symbolic link to file containing option flags
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr brk 2 ,
.Xr alloca 3 ,
.Xr calloc 3 ,
.Xr getpagesize 3 ,
.Xr memory 3
.Pa /usr/share/doc/papers/malloc.ascii.gz


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