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roundup(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 roundup(3)

NAME
       roundup - round up in steps

LIBRARY
       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/param.h>

       roundup(x, step);

DESCRIPTION
       This  macro  rounds  x to the nearest multiple of step that is not less
       than x.

       It is typically used for rounding up a pointer to align it or  increas-
       ing a buffer to be allocated.

       This  API is not designed to be generic, and doesn't work in some cases
       that are not important for the typical use cases described above.   See
       CAVEATS.

RETURN VALUE
       This macro returns the rounded value.

STANDARDS
       This nonstandard macro is present in glibc and some BSDs.

CAVEATS
       The arguments may be evaluated more than once.

       x should be nonnegative, and step should be positive.

       If x + step would overflow or wrap around, the behavior is undefined.

SEE ALSO
       ceil(3), floor(3), lrint(3), rint(3), lround(3), round(3)

Linux man-pages 6.03              2023-01-19                        roundup(3)

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