NAME¶

SDL_aligned_alloc - Allocate memory aligned to a specific alignment.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void * SDL_aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size);

DESCRIPTION¶

The memory returned by this function must be freed with

SDL_aligned_free (), _not_ SDL_free ().

If alignment is less than the size of void* , it will be increased to match that.

The returned memory address will be a multiple of the alignment value, and the size of the memory allocated will be a multiple of the alignment value.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

alignment

the alignment of the memory.

size

the size to allocate.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns a pointer to the aligned memory, or NULL if allocation failed.

THREAD SAFETY¶

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_aligned_free(3)