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IMalloc::DidAlloc

Determines if this allocator was used to allocate the specified block of memory.

int DidAlloc(

void *pv
//The pointer to the memory block
);

Parameter

pv

Specifies the pointer to the memory block; can be a NULL pointer, in which case, -1 is returned.

Return Values

The memory block was allocated by this IMalloc instance.

0

The memory block was not allocated by this IMalloc instance.

-1

DidAlloc is unable to determine whether or not it allocated the memory block.

Comments

Calling IMalloc::DidAlloc is useful if a application is using multiple allocations, and needs to know whether a previously allocated block of memory was allocated by a particular allocation.

See Also

IMalloc::Alloc, IMalloc::HeapMinimize, IMalloc::Realloc

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