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BSDMALLOC(3)               Library Functions Manual               BSDMALLOC(3)

NAME
     bsdmalloc - lightweight historic BSD memory allocator replacement

LIBRARY
     library "libbsdmalloc"

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdlib.h>

     void *
     malloc(size_t size);

     void *
     calloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);

     void *
     realloc(void *ptr, size_t size);

     void *
     aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size);

     int
     posix_memalign(void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size);

     void
     free(void *ptr);

     void
     _malloc_prefork(void);

     void
     _malloc_postfork(void);

     void
     _malloc_postfork_child(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The bsdmalloc library provides a lower-performance but smaller-size drop-
     in replacement for the standard malloc(3) family of functions provided by
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc), as well as internal hooks for fork(2)
     safety in multithreaded programs.

     Programs can be statically linked with -lbsdmalloc for smaller code
     footprint, at a higher cost to run-time performance and scalability and
     limited diagnostics.

SEE ALSO
     malloc(3), posix_memalign(3)

BUGS
     bsdmalloc's implementation of malloc(), calloc(), and realloc() doesn't
     correctly set errno(2) on failure.

NetBSD 10.99                     July 4, 2023                     NetBSD 10.99