Method MemoryUtil.VirtualAlloc

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Overload

Allocates new virtual memory block with API VirtualAlloc and returns its address: VirtualAlloc(default, size, MEM_COMMIT|MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE).

public static byte* VirtualAlloc(nint size)

Parameters

size  (nint) Byte count.

Returns

byte*

Exceptions

OutOfMemoryException Failed. Probably size is too big.

Remarks

Faster than managed and MemoryUtil.Alloc when memory size is large, more than 1 MB; else slower. The memory is initialized to zero (all bytes 0).