Core Memory Manager
[Memory Management]

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Description

Core Memory Manager related APIs and services.

Operation mode

The core memory manager is a simplified allocator that only allows to allocate memory blocks without the possibility to free them.
This allocator is meant as a memory blocks provider for the other allocators such as:

• C-Runtime allocator (through a compiler specific adapter module).
• Heap allocator (see Heaps).
• Memory pools allocator (see Memory Pools).

By having a centralized memory provider the various allocators can coexist and share the main memory.
This allocator, alone, is also useful for very simple applications that just require a simple way to get memory blocks.
In order to use the core memory manager APIs the CH_USE_MEMCORE option must be enabled in chconf.h.

Defines
#define	MEM_ALIGN_MASK   (sizeof(stkalign_t) - 1)
	Alignment mask constant.
#define	MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(p)   (((size_t)(p) + MEM_ALIGN_MASK) & ~MEM_ALIGN_MASK)
	Alignment helper macro.
#define	MEM_IS_ALIGNED(p)   (((size_t)(p) & MEM_ALIGN_MASK) == 0)
	Returns whatever a pointer or memory size is aligned to the type align_t.
Typedefs
typedef void *(*	memgetfunc_t )(size_t size)
	Memory get function.
Functions
void	core_init (void)
	Low level memory manager initialization.
void *	chCoreAlloc (size_t size)
	Allocates a memory block.
void *	chCoreAllocI (size_t size)
	Allocates a memory block.
size_t	chCoreStatus (void)
	Core memory status.

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Define Documentation

#define MEM_ALIGN_MASK   (sizeof(stkalign_t) - 1)

Alignment mask constant.

Definition at line 48 of file chmemcore.h.

#define MEM_ALIGN_SIZE

(

p

)

(((size_t)(p) + MEM_ALIGN_MASK) & ~MEM_ALIGN_MASK)

Alignment helper macro.

Definition at line 53 of file chmemcore.h.

Referenced by chCoreAllocI(), chHeapAlloc(), chPoolInit(), and core_init().

#define MEM_IS_ALIGNED

(

p

)

(((size_t)(p) & MEM_ALIGN_MASK) == 0)

Returns whatever a pointer or memory size is aligned to the type align_t.

Definition at line 59 of file chmemcore.h.

Referenced by chHeapInit(), and chPoolFreeI().

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Typedef Documentation

typedef void*(* memgetfunc_t)(size_t size)

Memory get function.

Note:

This type must be assignment compatible with the chMemAlloc() function.

Definition at line 43 of file chmemcore.h.

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Function Documentation

void core_init

(

void

)

Low level memory manager initialization.

Note:

Internal use only.

Definition at line 62 of file chmemcore.c.

References CH_MEMCORE_SIZE, and MEM_ALIGN_SIZE.

Referenced by chSysInit().

void * chCoreAlloc

(

size_t

size

)

Allocates a memory block.

The size of the returned block is aligned to the alignment type stkalign_t so it is not possible to allocate less than sizeof(stkalign_t).

Parameters:

[in]

size

the size of the block to be allocated

Returns:

A pointer to the allocated memory block.

Return values:

NULL

allocation failed, core memory exhausted.

Definition at line 88 of file chmemcore.c.

References chCoreAllocI(), chSysLock, and chSysUnlock.

Referenced by heap_init().

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void * chCoreAllocI

(

size_t

size

)

Allocates a memory block.

The size of the returned block is aligned to the alignment type align_t so it is not possible to allocate less than sizeof(align_t).

Parameters:

[in]

size

the size of the block to be allocated.

Returns:

A pointer to the allocated memory block.

Return values:

NULL

allocation failed, core memory exhausted.

Definition at line 107 of file chmemcore.c.

References MEM_ALIGN_SIZE.

Referenced by chCoreAlloc().

size_t chCoreStatus

(

void

)

Core memory status.

Returns:

The size, in bytes, of the free core memory.

Definition at line 123 of file chmemcore.c.