04-28-2008
Block Size
Hi, I try to change the block size from 512 to 0, but it send this message:
0514-068 Cause not know
Can someone help me whith this?
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mlib_malloc(3MLIB) mediaLib Library Functions mlib_malloc(3MLIB)
NAME
mlib_malloc - allocate a block of bytes
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ]
#include <mlib.h>
void *mlib_malloc(size_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The mlib_malloc() function allocates size bytes on a 16-byte aligned boundary and returns a pointer to the allocated block.
This function is equivalent to memalign(16, size).
PARAMETERS
The function takes the following arguments:
size Size of the block in bytes.
RETURN VALUES
The function returns a pointer to the allocated block if successful. Otherwise it returns a null pointer.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mlib_free(3MLIB), mlib_realloc(3MLIB), malloc(3C), attributes(5)
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