Heap

Functions
void *	heapAlloc (uint32_t length)
	Allocates a block of kernel memory. More...
void	heapFree (void *addr)
	Deallocates a block of kernel memory. More...
uint32_t	heapSize (void *addr)
	Determines the size of a specific kernel memory block. More...
void *	heapReAlloc (void *addr, uint32_t length)
	Resizes a block of kernel memory. More...
void	heapVerify ()
	Runs some internal checks to ensure that the heap is still valid. More...

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

heapAlloc()

void* heapAlloc

(

uint32_t

length

)

Allocates a block of kernel memory.

Allocates a block of kernel memory of the requested size. The algorithm will always return a pointer aligned to a 16-byte boundary, or NULL if the request cannot be fulfilled. The new memory block will not be initialized.

Parameters

length

Number of bytes to allocate

Returns

Pointer to the allocated memory block or NULL if the request cannot be fulfilled

Definition at line 363 of file allocator.c.

heapFree()

void heapFree

(

void *

addr

)

Deallocates a block of kernel memory.

Verifies that the provided memory pointer is valid, and afterwards releases the full block. If something goes wrong an assertion is thrown. This typically means that the application has corrupted the block header.

Parameters

addr	Pointer to a memory block allocated with heapAlloc()

Definition at line 385 of file allocator.c.

heapReAlloc()

void* heapReAlloc	(	void *	addr,
		uint32_t	length
	)

Resizes a block of kernel memory.

Provides a fast method to change the size of a memory block. If the return value is NULL then it was impossible to fulfill the request (for example not enough memory left). Otherwise this function returns a pointer to the new location of the memory block, which can be, but is not necessarily equal to the previous location. The new bytes of memory are not initialized before this function returns.

Parameters

addr	Pointer to a memory block
length	New requested length

Returns

Pointer to a new block of kernel memory

Definition at line 439 of file allocator.c.

heapSize()

uint32_t heapSize

(

void *

addr

)

Determines the size of a specific kernel memory block.

Returns the number of bytes of a specific kernel memory block. The result of this function can be greater than the requested size specified when calling heapAlloc() due to align issues.

Parameters

addr	Pointer to a memory block allocated with heapAlloc()

Returns

Size of the memory block in bytes

Definition at line 411 of file allocator.c.

heapVerify()

void heapVerify

(

)

Runs some internal checks to ensure that the heap is still valid.

Definition at line 485 of file allocator.c.