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posix_memalign.3: Rename memalign() argument 

Rename "boundary" to "alignment" for consistency
with posix_memalign().

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-03-23 06:28:21 +13:00
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ posix_memalign, memalign, valloc, pvalloc \- Allocate aligned memory
.sp
.B #include <malloc.h>
.sp
.BI "void *memalign(size_t " boundary ", size_t " size );
.BI "void *memalign(size_t " alignment ", size_t " size );
.BI "void *pvalloc(size_t " size );
.fi
.sp
@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ allocates
.I size
bytes and returns a pointer to the allocated memory.
The memory address will be a multiple of
.IR "boundary" ,
.IR alignment ,
which must be a power of two.
.\" The behavior of memalign() for size==0 is as for posix_memalign()
.\" but no standards govern this.
@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ verifies that
matches the requirements detailed above.
.BR memalign ()
may not check that the
.I boundary
.I alignment
argument is correct.
POSIX requires that memory obtained from