zephyr/include/microkernel/memory_pool.h

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/*
* 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
*
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
/**
* @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 */