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mediaLib Library Functions                     mlib_malloc(3MLIB)



NAME
     mlib_malloc - allocate a block of bytes

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ]
     #include 

     void *mlib_malloc(size_t size);


DESCRIPTION
     The mlib_malloc() function allocates size bytes on a 16-byte
     aligned  boundary  and  returns  a  pointer to the allocated
     block.


     This function is equivalent to memalign(16, size).

PARAMETERS
     The function takes the following arguments:

     size    Size of the block in bytes.


RETURN VALUES
     The function returns a pointer to  the  allocated  block  if
     successful. Otherwise it returns a null pointer.

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



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | MT-Safe                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     mlib_free(3MLIB),  mlib_realloc(3MLIB),  malloc(3C),  attri-
     butes(5)









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