posix_memalign.3: Note posix_memalign()'s treatment of 'memptr' on error

Reported-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2012-03-30 11:27:49 +13:00
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@ -151,9 +151,15 @@ returns zero on success, or one of the error values listed in the
next section on failure.
The value of
.I errno
is indeterminate after a call to
.BR posix_memalign ().
.SH ERRORS
is not set.
On Linux (and other systems),
.BR posix_memalign ()
does not modify
.I memptr
on failure.
A requirement standardizing this behavior was added in POSIX.1-2016.
.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=520
.SH "ERRORS"
.TP
.B EINVAL
The