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FREE(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual FREE(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
free — free allocated memory
#include <stdlib.h>
void free(void *ptr);
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with
the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described
here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of
POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
The free() function shall cause the space pointed to by ptr to be
deallocated; that is, made available for further allocation. If ptr
is a null pointer, no action shall occur. Otherwise, if the argument
does not match a pointer earlier returned by a function in
POSIX.1‐2008 that allocates memory as if by malloc(), or if the space
has been deallocated by a call to free() or realloc(), the behavior
is undefined.
Any use of a pointer that refers to freed space results in undefined
behavior.
The free() function shall not return a value.
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
None.
There is now no requirement for the implementation to support the
inclusion of <malloc.h>.
None.
None.
calloc(3p), malloc(3p), posix_memalign(3p), realloc(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, stdlib.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
IEEE/The Open Group 2013 FREE(3P)
Pages that refer to this page: stdlib.h(0p), calloc(3p), getdelim(3p), malloc(3p), open_memstream(3p), posix_memalign(3p), putenv(3p), realloc(3p), realpath(3p), strdup(3p), tempnam(3p), wcsdup(3p)