Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:31:44 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 252858] calloc manual page has become useless Message-ID: <bug-252858-9-YDm1lDYlYm@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-252858-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252858 Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|New |Closed Resolution|--- |Not A Bug --- Comment #1 from Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> --- jemalloc has been standard in FreeBSD for like, more than a decade? This is not new. http://rapid-shield.com/releases/7.0R/relnotes.html It's not quite a canonical manual page but it's not as poor as you make it out: The calloc() function allocates space for number objects, each size bytes in length. The result is identical to calling malloc() with an argument of number * size, with the exception that the allocated memory is explicitly initialized to zero bytes. Ok, so it does what malloc does for zero byte requests: The malloc() function allocates size bytes of uninitialized memory. The allocated space is suitably aligned (after possible pointer coercion) for storage of any type of object. Ok, so you can store any 0-byte object you want at the return value of malloc(0). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.home | help
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