[OpenBIOS] [PATCH 2/5] Introduce ofmem_malloc_align() function for arbitrary alignment.
Mark Cave-Ayland
mark.cave-ayland at siriusit.co.uk
Wed Dec 22 11:28:40 CET 2010
Blue Swirl wrote:
>> /* malloc interface */
>> +extern void* ofmem_malloc_align( size_t size, int alignment );
>
> The standard function with this signature would be posix_memalign(),
> so how about ofmem_memalign() or even ofmem_posix_memalign()?
ofmem_posix_memalign() seems to fit the convention better, so I'll go
with that unless anyone has any objections?
> 'extern' isn't useful for function prototypes.
Yeah... again just copying the existing style of the file.
ATB,
Mark.
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