TIFFMEMORY(3tiff) LibTIFF TIFFMEMORY(3tiff)
NAME
TIFFmemory - memory management-related functions for use with TIFF
files
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h>
void *_TIFFmalloc(tmsize_t size)
void *_TIFFrealloc(void *buffer, tmsize_t size)
void _TIFFfree(void *buffer)
void _TIFFmemset(void *s, int c, tmsize_t n)
void _TIFFmemcpy(void *dest, const void *src, tmsize_t n)
int _TIFFmemcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, tmsize_t n)
void *_TIFFCheckMalloc(TIFF *tif, tmsize_t nmemb, tmsize_t elem_size,
const char *what)
void *_TIFFCheckRealloc(TIFF *tif, void *buffer, tmsize_t nmemb,
tmsize_t elem_size, const char *what)
DESCRIPTION
These routines are provided for writing portable software that uses
libtiff; they hide any memory-management related issues, such as
dealing with segmented architectures found on 16-bit machines.
_TIFFmalloc() and _TIFFrealloc() are used to dynamically allocate and
reallocate memory used by libtiff; such as memory passed into the I/O
routines. Memory allocated through these interfaces is released back to
the system using the _TIFFfree() routine.
Memory allocated through one of the above interfaces can be set to a
known value using _TIFFmemset(), copied to another memory location
using _TIFFmemcpy(), or compared for equality using _TIFFmemcmp().
These routines conform to the equivalent C routines: memset(),
memcpy(), memcmp(), respectively.
_TIFFCheckMalloc() and _TIFFCheckRealloc() are checking for integer
overflow before calling _TIFFmalloc() and _TIFFrealloc(), respectively.
DIAGNOSTICS
None.
SEE ALSO
malloc(3), memory(3), libtiff(3)
AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
COPYRIGHT
1988-2025, LibTIFF contributors
4.7 September 11, 2025 TIFFMEMORY(3tiff)
tiff 4.7.1 - Generated Wed Sep 24 16:33:54 CDT 2025