/* * Copyright (c) 1997-2012, 2014 Wind River Systems, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * @file * @brief Memory Pools */ #ifndef _MEMORY_POOL_H #define _MEMORY_POOL_H #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * @brief Memory Pools * @defgroup microkernel_memorypool Microkernel Memory Pools * @ingroup microkernel_services * @{ */ /** * @brief Return memory pool block. * * This routine returns a block to the memory pool from which it was allocated. * * @param b Pointer to block descriptor. * * @return N/A */ extern void task_mem_pool_free(struct k_block *b); /** * @brief Defragment memory pool. * * This routine concatenates unused blocks that can be merged in memory pool * @a p. * * Doing a full defragmentation of a memory pool before allocating a set * of blocks may be more efficient than having the pool do an implicit * partial defragmentation each time a block is allocated. * * @param p Memory pool name. * * @return N/A */ extern void task_mem_pool_defragment(kmemory_pool_t p); /** * @brief Allocate memory pool block. * * This routine allocates a block of at least @a reqsize bytes from memory pool * @a pool_id, and saves its information in block descriptor @a blockptr. When no * such block is available, the routine waits either until one can be allocated, * or until the specified time limit is reached. * * @param blockptr Pointer to block descriptor. * @param pool_id Memory pool name. * @param reqsize Requested block size, in bytes. * @param timeout Determines the action to take when the memory pool is exhausted. * For TICKS_NONE, return immediately. * For TICKS_UNLIMITED, wait as long as necessary. * Otherwise, wait up to the specified number of ticks before timing out. * * @retval RC_OK Successfully allocated memory block * @retval RC_TIME Timed out while waiting for memory block * @retval RC_FAIL Failed to immediately allocate memory block when * @a timeout = TICKS_NONE * @sa TICKS_NONE, TICKS_UNLIMITED */ extern int task_mem_pool_alloc(struct k_block *blockptr, kmemory_pool_t pool_id, int reqsize, int32_t timeout); /** * @brief Allocate memory * * This routine provides traditional malloc semantics and is a wrapper on top * of microkernel pool alloc API. * It returns an aligned memory address which points to the start of a memory * block of at least \p size bytes. * This memory comes from heap memory pool, consequently the app should * specify its intention to use a heap pool via the HEAP_SIZE keyword in * MDEF file, if it uses this API. * When not enough free memory is available in the heap pool, it returns NULL * * @param size Size of memory requested by the caller. * * @retval address of the block if successful otherwise returns NULL */ extern void *task_malloc(uint32_t size); /** * @brief Free memory allocated through task_malloc * * This routine provides traditional free semantics and is intended to free * memory allocated using task_malloc API. * * @param ptr pointer to be freed * * @return NA */ extern void task_free(void *ptr); /** * @} */ #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* _MEMORY_POOL_H */