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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireAlignedMemory">AcquireAlignedMemory</a></h2>

 <p>AcquireAlignedMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes whose address is aligned on a cache line or page boundary.</p>

 <p>The format of the AcquireAlignedMemory method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 void *AcquireAlignedMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>count</dt>
 <dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>quantum</dt>
 <dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireMagickMemory">AcquireMagickMemory</a></h2>

 <p>AcquireMagickMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>

 <p>The format of the AcquireMagickMemory method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 void *AcquireMagickMemory(const size_t size)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>size</dt>
 <dd>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate. </dd>

 <dd>  </dd>
 </dl>
 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireQuantumMemory">AcquireQuantumMemory</a></h2>

 <p>AcquireQuantumMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least count * quantum bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>

 <p>The format of the AcquireQuantumMemory method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 void *AcquireQuantumMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>count</dt>
 <dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>quantum</dt>
 <dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

 <dd>  </dd>
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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireVirtualMemory">AcquireVirtualMemory</a></h2>

 <p>AcquireVirtualMemory() allocates a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use. In addition to heap, it also supports memory-mapped and file-based memory-mapped memory requests.</p>

 <p>The format of the AcquireVirtualMemory method is:</p>

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 MemoryInfo *AcquireVirtualMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
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 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>count</dt>
 <dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

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 <dt>quantum</dt>
 <dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a></h2>

 <p>CopyMagickMemory() copies size bytes from memory area source to the destination.  Copying between objects that overlap will take place correctly.  It returns destination.</p>

 <p>The format of the CopyMagickMemory method is:</p>

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 void *CopyMagickMemory(void *destination,const void *source,
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 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
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 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>destination</dt>
 <dd>the destination. </dd>

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 <dt>source</dt>
 <dd>the source. </dd>

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 <dt>size</dt>
 <dd>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>

 <p>GetMagickMemoryMethods() gets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>

 <p>The format of the GetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>

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 void GetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler *acquire_memory_handler,
   ResizeMemoryHandler *resize_memory_handler,
   DestroyMemoryHandler *destroy_memory_handler)
 </pre>

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 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>acquire_memory_handler</dt>
 <dd>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc). </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>resize_memory_handler</dt>
 <dd>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc). </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>destroy_memory_handler</dt>
 <dd>method to destroy memory (e.g. free). </dd>

 <dd>  </dd>
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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="GetVirtualMemoryBlob">GetVirtualMemoryBlob</a></h2>

 <p>GetVirtualMemoryBlob() returns the virtual memory blob associated with the specified MemoryInfo structure.</p>

 <p>The format of the GetVirtualMemoryBlob method is:</p>

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 void *GetVirtualMemoryBlob(const MemoryInfo *memory_info)
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 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>memory_info</dt>
 <dd>The MemoryInfo structure.  </dd>
 </dl>
 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a></h2>

 <p>RelinquishAlignedMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireAlignedMemory() or reuse.</p>

 <p>The format of the RelinquishAlignedMemory method is:</p>

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 void *RelinquishAlignedMemory(void *memory)
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 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a></h2>

 <p>RelinquishMagickMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireMagickMemory() or AcquireQuantumMemory() for reuse.</p>

 <p>The format of the RelinquishMagickMemory method is:</p>

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 void *RelinquishMagickMemory(void *memory)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>memory</dt>
 <dd>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishVirtualMemory">RelinquishVirtualMemory</a></h2>

 <p>RelinquishVirtualMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireVirtualMemory().</p>

 <p>The format of the RelinquishVirtualMemory method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 MemoryInfo *RelinquishVirtualMemory(MemoryInfo *memory_info)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>memory_info</dt>
 <dd>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a></h2>

 <p>ResetMagickMemory() fills the first size bytes of the memory area pointed to by memory with the constant byte c.</p>

 <p>The format of the ResetMagickMemory method is:</p>

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 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
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 <dd>a pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a></h2>

 <p>ResizeMagickMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block.  The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>

 <p>The format of the ResizeMagickMemory method is:</p>

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 void *ResizeMagickMemory(void *memory,const size_t size)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>memory</dt>
 <dd>A pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>size</dt>
 <dd>the new size of the allocated memory. </dd>

 <dd>  </dd>
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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a></h2>

 <p>ResizeQuantumMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block.  The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>

 <p>The format of the ResizeQuantumMemory method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 void *ResizeQuantumMemory(void *memory,const size_t count,
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 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>memory</dt>
 <dd>A pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>count</dt>
 <dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dt>quantum</dt>
 <dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

 <dd>  </dd>
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 <h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>

 <p>SetMagickMemoryMethods() sets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory. Your custom memory methods must be set prior to the MagickCoreGenesis() method.</p>

 <p>The format of the SetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>

 <pre class="text">
 SetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler acquire_memory_handler,
   ResizeMemoryHandler resize_memory_handler,
   DestroyMemoryHandler destroy_memory_handler)
 </pre>

 <p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

 <dd>
 </dd>

 <dd> </dd>
 <dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>acquire_memory_handler</dt>
 <dd>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc). </dd>

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 <dd>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc). </dd>

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	<p>AcquireAlignedMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes whose address is aligned on a cache line or page boundary.</p>

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	void *AcquireAlignedMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
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	<dd>
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	<dt>count</dt>
	<dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

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	<dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

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	<p>AcquireMagickMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>

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	void *AcquireMagickMemory(const size_t size)
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	<p>AcquireQuantumMemory() returns a pointer to a block of memory at least count * quantum bytes suitably aligned for any use.</p>

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	void *AcquireQuantumMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
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	<dt>count</dt>
	<dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

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	<dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

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	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="AcquireVirtualMemory">AcquireVirtualMemory</a></h2>

	<p>AcquireVirtualMemory() allocates a pointer to a block of memory at least size bytes suitably aligned for any use. In addition to heap, it also supports memory-mapped and file-based memory-mapped memory requests.</p>

	<p>The format of the AcquireVirtualMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	MemoryInfo *AcquireVirtualMemory(const size_t count,const size_t quantum)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>count</dt>
	<dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>quantum</dt>
	<dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="CopyMagickMemory">CopyMagickMemory</a></h2>

	<p>CopyMagickMemory() copies size bytes from memory area source to the destination. Copying between objects that overlap will take place correctly. It returns destination.</p>

	<p>The format of the CopyMagickMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void CopyMagickMemory(void destination,const void *source,
	const size_t size)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>destination</dt>
	<dd>the destination. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>source</dt>
	<dd>the source. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>size</dt>
	<dd>the size of the memory in bytes to allocate. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="GetMagickMemoryMethods">GetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>

	<p>GetMagickMemoryMethods() gets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory.</p>

	<p>The format of the GetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void GetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler *acquire_memory_handler,
	ResizeMemoryHandler *resize_memory_handler,
	DestroyMemoryHandler *destroy_memory_handler)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>acquire_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>resize_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>destroy_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to destroy memory (e.g. free). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="GetVirtualMemoryBlob">GetVirtualMemoryBlob</a></h2>

	<p>GetVirtualMemoryBlob() returns the virtual memory blob associated with the specified MemoryInfo structure.</p>

	<p>The format of the GetVirtualMemoryBlob method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void GetVirtualMemoryBlob(const MemoryInfo memory_info)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory_info</dt>
	<dd>The MemoryInfo structure. </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishAlignedMemory">RelinquishAlignedMemory</a></h2>

	<p>RelinquishAlignedMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireAlignedMemory() or reuse.</p>

	<p>The format of the RelinquishAlignedMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void RelinquishAlignedMemory(void memory)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory</dt>
	<dd>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishMagickMemory">RelinquishMagickMemory</a></h2>

	<p>RelinquishMagickMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireMagickMemory() or AcquireQuantumMemory() for reuse.</p>

	<p>The format of the RelinquishMagickMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void RelinquishMagickMemory(void memory)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory</dt>
	<dd>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="RelinquishVirtualMemory">RelinquishVirtualMemory</a></h2>

	<p>RelinquishVirtualMemory() frees memory acquired with AcquireVirtualMemory().</p>

	<p>The format of the RelinquishVirtualMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	MemoryInfo RelinquishVirtualMemory(MemoryInfo memory_info)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory_info</dt>
	<dd>A pointer to a block of memory to free for reuse. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResetMagickMemory">ResetMagickMemory</a></h2>

	<p>ResetMagickMemory() fills the first size bytes of the memory area pointed to by memory with the constant byte c.</p>

	<p>The format of the ResetMagickMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void ResetMagickMemory(void memory,int byte,const size_t size)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory</dt>
	<dd>a pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>byte</dt>
	<dd>set the memory to this value. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>size</dt>
	<dd>size of the memory to reset. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeMagickMemory">ResizeMagickMemory</a></h2>

	<p>ResizeMagickMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block. The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>

	<p>The format of the ResizeMagickMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void ResizeMagickMemory(void memory,const size_t size)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory</dt>
	<dd>A pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>size</dt>
	<dd>the new size of the allocated memory. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="ResizeQuantumMemory">ResizeQuantumMemory</a></h2>

	<p>ResizeQuantumMemory() changes the size of the memory and returns a pointer to the (possibly moved) block. The contents will be unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old sizes.</p>

	<p>The format of the ResizeQuantumMemory method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	void ResizeQuantumMemory(void memory,const size_t count,
	const size_t quantum)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>memory</dt>
	<dd>A pointer to a memory allocation. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>count</dt>
	<dd>the number of quantum elements to allocate. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>quantum</dt>
	<dd>the number of bytes in each quantum. </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
	<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/memory_8c.html" id="SetMagickMemoryMethods">SetMagickMemoryMethods</a></h2>

	<p>SetMagickMemoryMethods() sets the methods to acquire, resize, and destroy memory. Your custom memory methods must be set prior to the MagickCoreGenesis() method.</p>

	<p>The format of the SetMagickMemoryMethods() method is:</p>

	<pre class="text">
	SetMagickMemoryMethods(AcquireMemoryHandler acquire_memory_handler,
	ResizeMemoryHandler resize_memory_handler,
	DestroyMemoryHandler destroy_memory_handler)
	</pre>

	<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>

	<dd>
	</dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dl class="dl-horizontal">
	<dt>acquire_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to acquire memory (e.g. malloc). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>resize_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to resize memory (e.g. realloc). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	<dt>destroy_memory_handler</dt>
	<dd>method to destroy memory (e.g. free). </dd>

	<dd> </dd>
	</dl>
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