Handwaving RFC: hypothetical recalloc() API

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 2026-05-04 11:01, DJ Delorie wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
>> int recalloc(void * restrict * restrict old, size_t alignment,
>> 	     size_t * restrict n, size_t size);
> 
> I wonder, at what point does such an interface become esoteric enough
> that it's better to implement something application-specific through
> mmap() than try to showhorn everyone's requirements into a single
> function...
> 

Except it's not esoteric at all. This is a very common thing to want to do.

	-hpa