Plan 9 /sys/man/2/privalloc

NAME

privalloc, privfree – per–process private storage management

SYNOPSIS

#include <u.h> #include <libc.h>
void** privalloc(void)
void privfree(void **p)

DESCRIPTION

Privalloc returns a pointer to a per–process private storage location. The location is not shared among processes, even if they share the same data segments. It returns nil if there are no free slots available.
Privfree releases a location allocated with privalloc. It is legal to call privfree with p set to nil.

SOURCE

/sys/src/libc/9sys/privalloc.c


	privalloc, privfree – per–process private storage management


	Privalloc returns a pointer to a per–process private storage location. The location is not shared among processes, even if they share the same data segments. It returns `nil` if there are no free slots available. Privfree releases a location allocated with privalloc. It is legal to call privfree with p set to `nil`.