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Diffstat (limited to 'include/os.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/os.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/os.h b/include/os.h index 65bcb232cab..d2a4afeca0f 100644 --- a/include/os.h +++ b/include/os.h @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void os_fd_restore(void); * os_malloc() - aquires some memory from the underlying os. * * @length: Number of bytes to be allocated - * Return: Pointer to length bytes or NULL on error + * Return: Pointer to length bytes or NULL if @length is 0 or on error */ void *os_malloc(size_t length); @@ -123,11 +123,22 @@ void *os_malloc(size_t length); * * This returns the memory to the OS. * - * @ptr: Pointer to memory block to free + * @ptr: Pointer to memory block to free. If this is NULL then this + * function does nothing */ void os_free(void *ptr); /** + * os_realloc() - reallocate memory + * + * This follows the semantics of realloc(), so can perform an os_malloc() or + * os_free() depending on @ptr and @length. + * + * Return: Pointer to reallocated memory or NULL if @length is 0 + */ +void *os_realloc(void *ptr, size_t length); + +/** * os_usleep() - access to the usleep function of the os * * @usec: time to sleep in micro seconds |