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Nick Banks 86deb6e868 Platform Support for Dynamic Memory Allocation (#767)
* Add support for platform implementation of dynamic memory allocation.
2016-10-14 09:02:38 -07:00

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/**
* @file
* @brief
* This file includes the platform abstraction for dynamic memory allocation.
*/
#ifndef MEMORY_H_
#define MEMORY_H_
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* @defgroup memory Memory
* @ingroup platform
*
* @brief
* This module includes the platform abstraction for dynamic memory allocation.
*
* @{
*
*/
// Currently, OpenThread only requires dynamic memory allocation when supporting multiple
// simultaneous instances, for MbedTls.
#ifdef OPENTHREAD_MULTIPLE_INSTANCE
/**
* Dynamically allocates new memory. On platforms that support it, should just redirect to calloc. For
* those that don't support calloc, should support the same functionality:
*
* "The calloc() function contiguously allocates enough space for count objects that are size bytes of
* memory each and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. The allocated memory is filled with bytes
* of value zero."
*
* @param[in] aNum The number of blocks to allocate
* @param[in] aSize The size of each block to allocate
*
* @retval void* The pointer to the front of the memory allocated
* @retval NULL Failed to allocate the memory requested.
*/
void *otPlatCAlloc(size_t aNum, size_t aSize);
/**
* Frees memory that was dynamically allocated.
*
* @param[in] aPtr A pointer the memory blocks to free. The pointer may be NULL.
*/
void otPlatFree(void *aPtr);
#endif
/**
* @}
*
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
} // extern "C"
#endif
#endif // DEBUG_H_