heap.h File Reference


Detailed Description

Heap management definitions.


Data Structures

struct  _HEAPNODE
 Heap memory node information structure. More...

Defines

#define ALLOC_THRESHOLD
 Allocation threshold.

Typedefs

typedef _HEAPNODE HEAPNODE
 Heap memory node type.

Functions

void * NutHeapAlloc (size_t size)
 Allocate a block from heap memory.
void * NutHeapAllocClear (size_t size)
 Allocate an initialized block from heap memory.
int NutHeapFree (void *block)
 Return a block to heap memory.
void NutHeapAdd (void *addr, size_t size)
 Add a new memory region to the free heap.
size_t NutHeapAvailable (void)
 Return the number of bytes available.

Variables

HEAPNODE *volatile heapFreeList
 List of free nodes.


Define Documentation

#define ALLOC_THRESHOLD
 

Allocation threshold.

Might be increased to avoid creating too many small nodes.


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