alloca (3) - memory allocator {oss}

malloc free realloc calloc alloca (3) - general memory allocation operations {oss}

calloc (3) - allocate clean memory (zero initialized space) {oss}

malloc free cfree realloc (3) - general memory allocation functions {oss}

valloc (3) - aligned memory allocation function {oss}

bcmp bcopy bzero memccpy memchr memcmp memcpy memmove memset (3) - byte string operations {oss}

bcmp (3) - compare byte string {oss}

bcopy (3) - copy byte string {oss}

bzero (3) - write zeroes to a byte string {oss}

memcpy (3) - copy byte string {oss}

memccpy (3) - copy string until character found {oss}

memchr (3) - locate byte in byte string {oss}

memcmp (3) - compare byte string {oss}

memmove (3) - copy byte string {oss}

memset (3) - write a byte to byte string {oss}

getpagesize (3) - get system page size {oss}

mmap (2) - map files or devices into memory {oss}

mprotect (2) - control the protection of pages {oss}

msync (2) - synchronize a mapped region {oss}

munmap (2) - remove a mapping {oss}

shmat shmdt (2) - map/unmap shared memory {oss}

shmctl (2) - shared memory control operations {oss}

shmget (2) - get shared memory area identifier {oss}

madvise (2) - give advice about use of memory {oss}

mincore (2) - determine residency of memory pages {oss}

minherit (2) - control the inheritance of pages {oss}

mlock munlock (2) - lock (unlock) physical pages in memory {oss}

i386_get_ldt i386_set_ldt (2) - manage i386 per-process Local Descriptor Table entries {oss}

i386_vm86 (2) - set virtual 8086 processor registers and mode {oss}

kvm (3) - kernel memory interface {oss}

kvm_open kvm_openfiles kvm_close (3) - initialize kernel virtual memory access {oss}

kvm_getprocs kvm_getargv kvm_getenvv (3) - access user process state {oss}

kvm_geterr verr errx verrx warn vwarn warnx vwarnx (3) - get error message on kvm descriptor {oss}

kvm_getfiles (3) - survey open files {oss}

kvm_getloadavg (3) - get load average of the system {oss}

kvm_nlist (3) - retrieve symbol table names from a kernel image {oss}

kvm_read kvm_write (3) - read or write kernel virtual memory {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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