kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/posix_memalign.texi

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  posix_memalign: New module.
  
  * lib/stdlib.in.h (posix_memalign): New declaration.
  * lib/posix_memalign.c: New file.
  * m4/posix_memalign.m4: New file.
  * m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H): Test whether posix_memalign is declared.
  (gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_POSIX_MEMALIGN,
  HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN, REPLACE_POSIX_MEMALIGN.
  * modules/stdlib (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_POSIX_MEMALIGN,
  HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN, REPLACE_POSIX_MEMALIGN.
  * modules/posix_memalign: New file.
  * tests/test-stdlib-c++.cc (posix_memalign): Check signature.
  * doc/posix-functions/posix_memalign.texi: Mention the new module and
  the OpenBSD bug.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/posix_memalign.texi

• @node posix_memalign
  @section @code{posix_memalign}
  @findex posix_memalign
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_memalign.html}
  
  Gnulib module: posix_memalign
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function produces misaligned results on some platforms:
  OpenBSD 6.1.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.1.
  @end itemize
  
  The Gnulib module @code{aligned-malloc} provides functions for
  allocating and freeing blocks of suitably aligned memory.
  
  The Gnulib module @code{pagealign_alloc} provides a similar API for
  allocating and freeing blocks of memory aligned on a system page boundary.
  

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