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From: battle@alphard.cs.utk.edu (David Battle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: valloc(3)
Summary: Is it safe (read correct) to free(3) valloc'ed memory?
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Date: 15 Dec 89 15:06:48 GMT
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Is it safe to free memory allocated with valloc(3) using free(3) on
an Ultrix system?  I ask because valloc adds some to the pointer
returned by malloc in order to allign the returned address.

					-David L. Battle