mmalloc/mvalloc.c

   1 /* Allocate memory on a page boundary.
   2    Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
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   7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
   8
   9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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  13
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  15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
  16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  18
  19 #include "mmprivate.h"
  20
  21 /* Cache the pagesize for the current host machine.  Note that if the host
  22    does not readily provide a getpagesize() function, we need to emulate it
  23    elsewhere, not clutter up this file with lots of kluges to try to figure
  24    it out. */
  25
  26 static size_t cache_pagesize;
  27 extern int getpagesize PARAMS ((void));
  28
  29 PTR
  30 mvalloc (md, size)
  31   PTR md;
  32   size_t size;
  33 {
  34   if (cache_pagesize == 0)
  35     {
  36       cache_pagesize = getpagesize ();
  37     }
  38
  39   return (mmemalign (md, cache_pagesize, size));
  40 }
  41
  42
  43 PTR
  44 valloc (size)
  45   size_t size;
  46 {
  47   return mvalloc ((PTR) NULL, size);
  48 }