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malloc

malloc.malloc

fn malloc(n: usize) callconv(.c) ?[*]align(alignment_bytes) u8

File

lib/c/malloc.zig:89

Code

fn malloc(n: usize) callconv(.c) ?[*]align(alignment_bytes) u8 {
    const size = std.math.cast(Header.Size, n) orelse return nomem();
    const ptr: [*]align(alignment_bytes) u8 = @alignCast(
        vtable.alloc(no_context, n + alignment_bytes, alignment, no_ra) orelse return nomem(),
    );
    const base = ptr + alignment_bytes;
    return Header.set(base, alignment, size);
}