Thread: valloc()

Need some explaination, please ?

Referring to - http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man3/valloc.3.asp

The valloc() function has the same effect as malloc()ok!

,except that the allocated memory is aligned to a page boundary.does that mean, memory allocated should be restricted to a page, and we cannot allocated memory more than the defined page size by the OS, because then the allocation will cross the page boundary?

Originally Posted by Happy_Reaper

From what I get of the statement, it just means the memory starts at a page boundary, so I'd imagine there's no reason why it can't be bigger than a page.

seems reasonable, thanx