SYNOPSIS

          void *
          bson_realloc (void *mem, size_t num_bytes);

PARAMETERS

       • mem: A memory region.

       • num_bytes: A size_t containing the new requested size.

DESCRIPTION

       This is a portable realloc() wrapper.

       If num_bytes is 0, then the allocation will be freed.

       If there was a failure to allocate num_bytes bytes, the process will be aborted.

       Warning:
          This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.

RETURNS

       A pointer to a memory region which HAS NOT been zeroed.

Author

       MongoDB, Inc

Copyright

       2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

2.2.1                                             Dec 11, 2025                                   BSON_REALLOC(3)