os/libc/liballoc.h

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C

#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
#ifndef _LIBALLOC_H
#define _LIBALLOC_H
#include <stddef.h>
/** \defgroup ALLOCHOOKS liballoc hooks
*
* These are the OS specific functions which need to
* be implemented on any platform that the library
* is expected to work on.
*/
/** @{ */
// If we are told to not define our own size_t, then we skip the define.
//#define _HAVE_UINTPTR_T
//typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
//This lets you prefix malloc and friends
#define PREFIX(func) func
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/** This function is supposed to lock the memory data structures. It
* could be as simple as disabling interrupts or acquiring a spinlock.
* It's up to you to decide.
*
* \return 0 if the lock was acquired successfully. Anything else is
* failure.
*/
extern int liballoc_lock();
/** This function unlocks what was previously locked by the liballoc_lock
* function. If it disabled interrupts, it enables interrupts. If it
* had acquiried a spinlock, it releases the spinlock. etc.
*
* \return 0 if the lock was successfully released.
*/
extern int liballoc_unlock();
/** This is the hook into the local system which allocates pages. It
* accepts an integer parameter which is the number of pages
* required. The page size was set up in the liballoc_init function.
*
* \return NULL if the pages were not allocated.
* \return A pointer to the allocated memory.
*/
extern void* liballoc_alloc(size_t);
/** This frees previously allocated memory. The void* parameter passed
* to the function is the exact same value returned from a previous
* liballoc_alloc call.
*
* The integer value is the number of pages to free.
*
* \return 0 if the memory was successfully freed.
*/
extern int liballoc_free(void*,size_t);
extern void *PREFIX(malloc)(size_t); ///< The standard function.
extern void *PREFIX(realloc)(void *, size_t); ///< The standard function.
extern void *PREFIX(calloc)(size_t, size_t); ///< The standard function.
extern void PREFIX(free)(void *); ///< The standard function.
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
/** @} */
#endif
#endif