neon API reference                                   NEMALOC(3)



NAME
     nemalloc,  necalloc,  nerealloc,  nestrdup,  nestrndup,
     neoomcallback - memory allocation wrappers

SYNOPSIS
     #include 


     void *nemalloc (sizet size);

     void *necalloc (sizet size);

     void *nerealloc (void *size, sizet len);

     char *nestrdup (const char *s, sizet size);

     char *nestrndup (const char *s, sizet size);

     void neoomcallback (void (*callback)(void));


DESCRIPTION
     The functions nemalloc,  necalloc,  nerealloc,  nestrdup
     and nestrdnup provide wrappers for the equivalent functions
     in the standard C library. The wrappers  provide  the  extra
     guarantee that if the C library equivalent returns NUL when
     no memory is available, an optional callback will be called,
     and the library will then call abort().


     neoomcallback registers a callback which will  be  invoked
     if an out of memory error is detected.


NOTES
     If the operating system uses optimistic  memory  allocation,
     the  C  library  memory  allocation routines will not return
     NUL, so it is not possible to gracefully handle memory  al-
     location failures.


AUTHOR
     Joe Orton .

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:








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neon API reference                                   NEMALOC(3)



     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWneon       
    
     Interface Stability  Volatile       
    

NOTES
     Source for Neon is available on http:/opensolaris.org.













































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