From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:17:27 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: alloca.3: Clarify that alloca(3)ted space is deallocated when the caller returns
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alloca.3: Clarify that alloca(3)ted space is deallocated when the caller returns

Reported-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/man/man3/alloca.3 b/man/man3/alloca.3
index 0d079ac1d..0099500f9 100644
--- a/man/man3/alloca.3
+++ b/man/man3/alloca.3
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ The space allocated by
 is
 .I not
 automatically deallocated if the pointer that refers to it
-simply goes out of scope.
+simply goes out of scope;
+it is automatically deallocated when the caller function returns.
 .P
 Do not attempt to
 .BR free (3)