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1.1     ! root        1: .TH VALLOC 3 "19 January 1983"
        !             2: .UC
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: valloc \- aligned memory allocator
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .B char *valloc(size)
        !             8: .B unsigned size;
        !             9: .fi
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I Valloc
        !            12: allocates
        !            13: .I size
        !            14: bytes aligned on a page boundary.
        !            15: It is implemented by calling
        !            16: .IR malloc (3)
        !            17: with a slightly larger request, saving the true beginning of the block
        !            18: allocated, and returning a properly aligned pointer.
        !            19: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            20: .I Valloc
        !            21: returns a null pointer (0) if there is no available memory
        !            22: or if the arena has been detectably corrupted by storing outside the bounds
        !            23: of a block.
        !            24: .SH BUGS
        !            25: .I Vfree
        !            26: isn't implemented.

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