@node aligned_alloc
@section @code{aligned_alloc}
@findex aligned_alloc

Documentation:@* @uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/aligned_alloc.3.html,,man aligned_alloc}

Gnulib module: aligned_alloc

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function fails if the alignment argument is smaller than
@code{sizeof (void *)} on some platforms:
macOS 11.1, AIX 7.2.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
glibc 2.15, macOS 10.13, FreeBSD 6.4, NetBSD 7.1, OpenBSD 6.0, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11.31, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11.3, Cygwin 1.7.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 8.1.
@end itemize

The Gnulib module @code{aligned-malloc} provides functions for
allocating and freeing blocks of suitably aligned memory.

The Gnulib module @code{pagealign_alloc} provides a similar API for
allocating and freeing blocks of memory aligned on a system page boundary.