<h2 >The <code>upc_free</code> function   </h2>
<h4>Synopsis</h4>
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    #include &lt;upc.h&gt;
    void upc_free(shared void *ptr);                         
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<h4>Description</h4>

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The <code>upc_free </code>   function frees the dynamically allocated shared storage pointed
to by <code>ptr</code>. If <code>ptr</code> is a null pointer, no action occurs. Otherwise, if the
argument does not match a pointer earlier returned by the 
<a href="upc_alloc.html"><code>upc_alloc</code></a>,
<a href="upc_global_alloc.html"><code>upc_global_alloc</code></a>,
<a href="upc_all_alloc.html"><code>upc_all_alloc</code></a>, or 
<a href="upc_local_alloc.html"><code>upc_local_alloc</code></a>
function, or if the
space has been deallocated by a previous call, by any thread 
(i.e., only one thread may call <code>upc_free </code> for each allocation),
to <code>upc_free</code>,
the behavior is undefined.

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