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rmalloc(9r)
NAME
  rmalloc - General: Allocates size units from the given resource map

SYNOPSIS
  long rmalloc(
	  struct map *map_struct,
	  long size );

ARGUMENTS
  map_struct
      Specifies a pointer to a map structure that was previously initialized
      by a call to rminit.

  size
      Specifies the size of the units to allocate.

DESCRIPTION
  The rmalloc routine allocates size units from the given resource map. In a
  map, the addresses are increasing, and the list is terminated by a zero
  size.	 The actual units managed by the map are arbitrary and can be map
  registers, bytes, blocks, and so forth.

NOTES
  The caller is responsible for providing any locking necessary for the map
  structure that the system passes to the rmalloc routine.

RETURN VALUES
  The rmalloc routine returns the base of the allocated space. It returns an
  error if no space could be allocated.

SEE ALSO
  Routines: rmfree(9r), rmget(9r), rminit(9r)

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