Questions tagged [malloc]

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What does "malloc_trim(0)" really mean?

asked 2013-03-20T16:46:19.500

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When malloc returns, what does 8-byte alignment mean?

c memory-management malloc

asked 2013-03-14T23:46:04.273

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C - Check currently available free RAM?

c memory-management memory-leaks malloc c99

asked 2013-01-17T19:44:23.513

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What is the Best Practice for malloc?

c char malloc

asked 2012-12-31T09:43:20.907

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Xcode Guard Malloc and on Device Debugging: 'libgmalloc.dylib' image not found

xcode malloc

asked 2012-11-15T11:47:00.090

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Malloc vs custom allocator: Malloc has a lot of overhead. Why?

c memory malloc

asked 2012-10-25T08:45:38.890

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How do I free a pointer returned from a function?

c memory dynamic malloc free

asked 2012-08-09T22:32:12.110

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Malloc or normal array definition?

c arrays malloc

asked 2012-06-28T08:44:34.760

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Free memory allocated in a different function?

c pointers memory-management malloc free

asked 2012-06-17T12:11:30.860

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Using jemalloc in existing huge code

memory malloc profiler

asked 2012-06-08T09:44:49.833

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Efficiency: char array vs int array

c arrays string malloc data-representation

asked 2012-05-20T01:59:12.827

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What are the differences between (and reasons to choose) tcmalloc/jemalloc and memory pools?

c linux memory malloc tcmalloc

asked 2012-03-26T03:08:35.037

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Can I assume that calling realloc with a smaller size will free the remainder?

c malloc free realloc

asked 2012-03-05T22:36:53.140

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Which allocation is faster ? malloc vs local variable

c linux gcc malloc

asked 2012-03-05T09:07:23.513

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Call to malloc failing in gdb session

c gdb malloc

asked 2012-02-10T00:01:23.520

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C API design: what to do when malloc returns NULL?

c malloc api-design

asked 2012-01-29T03:13:50.527

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Allocate memory and save string in c

c string malloc free

asked 2011-12-22T06:30:04.830

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NUMA aware cache aligned memory allocation

linux caching pthreads malloc numa

asked 2011-11-16T15:29:53.297

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Malloc header contents

c malloc

asked 2011-10-10T18:55:53.993

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C - Malloc and memcpy (memory management)

c struct malloc memcpy

asked 2011-10-08T17:11:18.120

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When should I use free() in C?

c malloc free

asked 2011-09-13T04:46:29.577

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What is the name of the header file that contains the declaration of malloc?

c++ c malloc

asked 2011-09-03T09:14:11.837

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how can i know the allocated memory size of pointer variable in c

c pointers size memory-management malloc

asked 2011-08-26T08:38:34.700

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How can I store a value at a specific location in the memory?

c++ c memory malloc new-operator

asked 2011-07-12T08:04:20.783

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Overriding 'malloc' using the LD_PRELOAD mechanism

c malloc dynamic-linking ld-preload

asked 2011-05-21T16:03:14.553

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Problem with free() on structs in C. It doesn't reduce memory usage

c memory-management struct malloc free

asked 2011-05-14T23:05:15.527

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Dynamically create an array of strings with malloc

c arrays malloc

asked 2011-05-09T11:00:25.390

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checking that `malloc` succeeded in C

c malloc

asked 2011-04-09T19:50:16.607

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Returning a malloc pointer

c struct malloc

asked 2011-03-31T00:51:00.153

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Aligned memory management?

c memory-management malloc alignment realloc

asked 2011-02-21T01:12:17.270

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In a 64 bit process, will my mmap / malloc request ever be denied?

c memory-management operating-system malloc mmap

asked 2011-02-07T15:33:35.673

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making your own malloc function?

c malloc

asked 2011-01-16T04:20:31.807

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In multithreaded C/C++, does malloc/new lock the heap when allocating memory

c++ multithreading malloc openmp

asked 2010-12-24T05:33:50.877

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glib memory allocation VS std *alloc and free

c performance memory malloc glib

asked 2010-10-28T09:25:10.083

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What is aligned memory allocation?

malloc memory-alignment

asked 2010-10-22T05:05:10.320

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How malloc works?

c malloc

asked 2010-10-17T16:46:08.917

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Scope of malloc used in a function

c malloc

asked 2010-09-02T16:21:52.477

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Why does C++ require a cast for malloc() but C doesn't?

c++ c malloc

asked 2010-08-13T14:22:06.520

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new, delete ,malloc & free

c++ memory-management malloc free new-operator

asked 2010-07-06T06:57:33.957

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In C are malloc(256) and malloc(sizeof(char)*256) equivalent?

c pointers malloc sizeof

asked 2010-07-01T22:10:32.887

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Allocate executable ram in c on linux

c linux malloc

asked 2010-06-26T22:47:07.743

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Malloc and constructors

c++ constructor malloc lifetime placement-new

asked 2010-06-08T06:02:45.967

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Taming the malloc/free beast -- tips & tricks

c malloc free

asked 2010-05-12T08:04:29.497

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How can I declare and initialize an array of pointers to a structure in C?

c null pointers malloc structure

asked 2010-04-15T01:14:55.033

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Is there a need to check for NULL after allocating memory, when kernel uses overcommit memory

memory malloc android-ndk

asked 2010-02-12T01:09:02.957

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Allocating memory for a Structure in C

c malloc structure

asked 2010-02-01T14:38:17.580

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What does malloc(0) return?

c linux pointers malloc realloc

asked 2010-01-25T12:47:03.377

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allocate matrix in C

c pointers matrix malloc

asked 2010-01-24T20:43:16.197

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What's the point of malloc(0)?

c malloc

asked 2010-01-07T17:43:14.017

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Why do you specify the size when using malloc in C?

c memory-management malloc

asked 2009-08-06T19:47:36.587

Questions tagged malloc