| <h2 >The <code>upc_free</code> function </h2> |
| <h4>Synopsis</h4> |
| <pre> |
| #include <upc.h> |
| void upc_free(shared void *ptr); |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| <h4>Description</h4> |
| |
| <p> |
| 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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