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diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi index ce32af066b..35fed23c7f 100644 --- a/manual/memory.texi +++ b/manual/memory.texi @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ savestring (const char *ptr, size_t len) @end smallexample The block that @code{malloc} gives you is guaranteed to be aligned so -that it can hold any type of data. In the GNU system, the address is +that it can hold any type of data. On @gnusystems{}, the address is always a multiple of eight on most systems, and a multiple of 16 on 64-bit systems. Only rarely is any higher boundary (such as a page boundary) necessary; for those cases, use @code{memalign}, @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ after calling @code{free} wastes memory. The size threshold for @cindex alignment (with @code{malloc}) @pindex stdlib.h The address of a block returned by @code{malloc} or @code{realloc} in -the GNU system is always a multiple of eight (or sixteen on 64-bit +@gnusystems{} is always a multiple of eight (or sixteen on 64-bit systems). If you need a block whose address is a multiple of a higher power of two than that, use @code{memalign}, @code{posix_memalign}, or @code{valloc}. @code{memalign} is declared in @file{malloc.h} and @@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ the one you would get from an infinite recursion; probably a segmentation violation (@pxref{Program Error Signals}). @item -Some non-GNU systems fail to support @code{alloca}, so it is less +Some @nongnusystems{} fail to support @code{alloca}, so it is less portable. However, a slower emulation of @code{alloca} written in C is available for use on systems with this deficiency. @end itemize |