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PMNOMEM(3) Library Functions ManualPMNOMEM(3)pmNoMem- report out of memory conditions
#include <pcp/pmapi.h>void pmNoMem(const char *where, size_tsize, intfatal);cc ... -lpcp
pmNoMemis a convenience method that may be used whenmalloc(3) or a related memory allocation service fails. A standard message is emitted usingpmNotifyErr(3) withwhere used as a message prefix and the failing allocationsize is also re‐ ported. Iffatal is zero (andPM_RECOV_ERRis zero),pmNoMemreturns (the allocation failure is assumed to be recoverable by the caller), else (andPM_FATAL_ERRis a good value to use in this case)exit(2) is called with an argument of 1.
exit(2),malloc(3),PMAPI(3) andpmNotifyErr(3).
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