Proposed addition of malloc_size_np()

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Mar 25 07:46:40 UTC 2006


In message <44247DF1.8000002 at FreeBSD.org>, Jason Evans writes:
>=== Proposal ===
>Add malloc_size_np() to libc, and provide the prototype in malloc_np.h:
>
>	size_t
>	malloc_size_np(const void *ptr);

I'm for the concept, but wonder if it would be smarter to make it

	void *
	malloc_np(size_t, size_t *)

so we can do it in one go ?

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