Summary of Malloc (The GNU C Library)

#### 3.2.3.11 Summary of `malloc`-Related Functions ¶

Here is a summary of the functions that work with `malloc`:

`void *malloc (size_t size)`

  Allocate a block of size bytes. See Basic Memory Allocation.

`void free (void *addr)`

  Free a block previously allocated by `malloc`. See Freeing Memory Allocated with `malloc`.

`void *realloc (void *addr, size_t size)`

  Make a block previously allocated by `malloc` larger or smaller, possibly by copying it to a new location. See Changing the Size of a Block.

`void *reallocarray (void *ptr, size_t nmemb, size_t size)`

  Change the size of a block previously allocated by `malloc` to `nmemb * size` bytes as with `realloc`. See Changing the Size of a Block.

`void *calloc (size_t count, size_t eltsize)`

  Allocate a block of count * eltsize bytes using `malloc`, and set its contents to zero. See Allocating Cleared Space.

`void *valloc (size_t size)`

  Allocate a block of size bytes, starting on a page boundary. See Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks.

`void *aligned_alloc (size_t alignment, size_t size)`

  Allocate a block of size bytes, starting on an address that is a multiple of alignment. See Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks.

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

  Allocate a block of size bytes, starting on an address that is a multiple of alignment. See Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks.

`void *memalign (size_t boundary, size_t size)`

  Allocate a block of size bytes, starting on an address that is a multiple of boundary. See Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks.

`int mallopt (int param, int value)`

  Adjust a tunable parameter. See Malloc Tunable Parameters.

`int mcheck (void (*abortfn) (void))`

  Tell `malloc` to perform occasional consistency checks on dynamically allocated memory, and to call abortfn when an inconsistency is found. See Heap Consistency Checking.

`struct mallinfo2 mallinfo2 (void)`

  Return information about the current dynamic memory usage. See Statistics for Memory Allocation with `malloc`.