@node posix_memalign
@section @code{posix_memalign}
@findex posix_memalign

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/posix_memalign.html}

Gnulib module: posix_memalign

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function produces misaligned results on some platforms:
OpenBSD 6.1.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.1.
@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.