malloc
Synopsis
#include <stdlib.h>
void *malloc(size_t size);
Status
Partially implemented
Conformance
IEEE Std 1003.1-2017
Description
The malloc() function shall allocate unused space for an object whose size in bytes is specified by size and whose
value is unspecified.
The order and contiguity of storage allocated by successive calls to malloc() is unspecified. The pointer returned if
the allocation succeeds shall be suitably aligned so that it may be assigned to a pointer to any type of object and then
used to access such an object in the space allocated (until the space is explicitly freed or reallocated). Each such
allocation shall yield a pointer to an object disjoint from any other object. The pointer returned points to the start
(the lowest byte address) of the allocated space. If the space cannot be allocated, a null pointer shall be returned.
If the size of the space requested is 0, the behavior is implementation-defined: either a null pointer shall be
returned, or the behavior shall be as if the size were some non-zero value, except that the behavior is undefined if
the returned pointer is used to access an object.
Return value
Upon successful completion with size not equal to 0, malloc() shall return a pointer to the allocated space.
If size is 0, either:
- A null pointer shall be returned and
errnomay be set to an implementation-defined value, or - A pointer to the allocated space shall be returned. The application shall ensure that the pointer is not used to access an object.
Otherwise, it shall return a null pointer and set errno to indicate the error.
Errors
The malloc() function shall fail if:
ENOMEM- Insufficient storage space is available.
Tests
Untested
Known bugs
None