Microchip® Advanced Software Framework

mem.c File Reference

Dynamic memory manager.

This is a lightweight replacement for the standard C library malloc().

If you want to use the standard C library malloc() instead, define MEM_LIBC_MALLOC to 1 in your lwipopts.h

To let mem_malloc() use pools (prevents fragmentation and is much faster than a heap but might waste some memory), define MEM_USE_POOLS to 1, define MEM_USE_CUSTOM_POOLS to 1 and create a file "lwippools.h" that includes a list of pools like this (more pools can be added between _START and _END):

Define three pools with sizes 256, 512, and 1512 bytes LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL_START LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(20, 256) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(10, 512) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(5, 1512) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL_END

#include "lwip/opt.h"
#include "lwip/def.h"
#include "lwip/mem.h"
#include "lwip/sys.h"
#include "lwip/stats.h"
#include "lwip/err.h"
#include <string.h>

Data Structures

struct  mem
 The heap is made up as a list of structs of this type. More...
 

Macros

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT()
 
#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT()
 
#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT()
 
#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT()
 
#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT()   sys_mutex_lock(&mem_mutex)
 
#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT()   sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex)
 
#define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER   ram_heap
 
#define MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MEM_SIZE)
 
#define MIN_SIZE   12
 All allocated blocks will be MIN_SIZE bytes big, at least! MIN_SIZE can be overridden to suit your needs. More...
 
#define MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MIN_SIZE)
 
#define SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(struct mem))
 

Functions

void * mem_calloc (mem_size_t count, mem_size_t size)
 Contiguously allocates enough space for count objects that are size bytes of memory each and returns a pointer to the allocated memory. More...
 
void mem_free (void *rmem)
 Put a struct mem back on the heap. More...
 
void mem_init (void)
 Zero the heap and initialize start, end and lowest-free. More...
 
void * mem_malloc (mem_size_t size)
 Adam's mem_malloc() plus solution for bug #17922 Allocate a block of memory with a minimum of 'size' bytes. More...
 
void * mem_trim (void *rmem, mem_size_t newsize)
 Shrink memory returned by mem_malloc(). More...
 
static void plug_holes (struct mem *mem)
 "Plug holes" by combining adjacent empty struct mems. More...
 

Variables

static struct memlfree
 pointer to the lowest free block, this is used for faster search More...
 
static sys_mutex_t mem_mutex
 concurrent access protection More...
 
static u8_tram
 pointer to the heap (ram_heap): for alignment, ram is now a pointer instead of an array More...
 
static struct memram_end
 the last entry, always unused! More...
 
u8_t ram_heap [MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED+(2 *SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM)+MEM_ALIGNMENT]
 If you want to relocate the heap to external memory, simply define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER as a void-pointer to that location. More...
 

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT ( )

Referenced by mem_malloc().

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT ( )

Referenced by mem_malloc().

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT ( )

Referenced by mem_malloc().

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT ( )

Referenced by mem_free(), and mem_trim().

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT ( )    sys_mutex_lock(&mem_mutex)

Referenced by mem_free(), and mem_trim().

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT ( )    sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex)

Referenced by mem_free(), and mem_trim().

#define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER   ram_heap

Referenced by mem_init().

#define MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MEM_SIZE)
#define MIN_SIZE   12

All allocated blocks will be MIN_SIZE bytes big, at least! MIN_SIZE can be overridden to suit your needs.

Smaller values save space, larger values could prevent too small blocks to fragment the RAM too much.

#define MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MIN_SIZE)

Referenced by mem_malloc(), and mem_trim().

#define SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(struct mem))

void* mem_calloc ( mem_size_t  count,
mem_size_t  size 
)

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.

Parameters
countnumber of objects to allocate
sizesize of the objects to allocate
Returns
pointer to allocated memory / NULL pointer if there is an error

References mem_malloc().

void mem_init ( void  )
void* mem_malloc ( mem_size_t  size)

Adam's mem_malloc() plus solution for bug #17922 Allocate a block of memory with a minimum of 'size' bytes.

Parameters
sizeis the minimum size of the requested block in bytes.
Returns
pointer to allocated memory or NULL if no free memory was found.

Note that the returned value will always be aligned (as defined by MEM_ALIGNMENT).

References lfree, LWIP_ASSERT, LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SERIOUS, LWIP_DEBUGF, LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE, LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT, LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT, LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT, MEM_ALIGNMENT, MEM_DEBUG, MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED, MEM_STATS_INC, MEM_STATS_INC_USED, MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED, mem::next, NULL, mem::prev, ptr, S16_F, SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM, sys_mutex_lock(), sys_mutex_unlock(), and mem::used.

Referenced by mem_calloc(), and pbuf_alloc().

void* mem_trim ( void *  rmem,
mem_size_t  newsize 
)

Shrink memory returned by mem_malloc().

Parameters
rmempointer to memory allocated by mem_malloc the is to be shrinked
newsizerequired size after shrinking (needs to be smaller than or equal to the previous size)
Returns
for compatibility reasons: is always == rmem, at the moment or NULL if newsize is > old size, in which case rmem is NOT touched or freed!

References LWIP_ASSERT, LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SEVERE, LWIP_DEBUGF, LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE, LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT, LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT, LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT, MEM_DEBUG, MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED, MEM_STATS_DEC_USED, MEM_STATS_INC, MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED, mem::next, NULL, mem::prev, ptr, ram, SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM, SYS_ARCH_DECL_PROTECT(), SYS_ARCH_PROTECT(), SYS_ARCH_UNPROTECT(), and mem::used.

Referenced by pbuf_realloc().

static void plug_holes ( struct mem mem)
static

"Plug holes" by combining adjacent empty struct mems.

After this function is through, there should not exist one empty struct mem pointing to another empty struct mem.

Parameters
memthis points to a struct mem which just has been freed

this function is only called by mem_free() and mem_trim()

This assumes access to the heap is protected by the calling function already.

References LWIP_ASSERT, MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED, mem::next, mem::prev, and mem::used.

Referenced by mem_free().

struct mem* lfree
static

pointer to the lowest free block, this is used for faster search

Referenced by mem_malloc().

sys_mutex_t mem_mutex
static

concurrent access protection

u8_t* ram
static

pointer to the heap (ram_heap): for alignment, ram is now a pointer instead of an array

Referenced by mem_init(), and mem_trim().

struct mem* ram_end
static

the last entry, always unused!

If you want to relocate the heap to external memory, simply define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER as a void-pointer to that location.

If so, make sure the memory at that location is big enough (see below on how that space is calculated). the heap. we need one struct mem at the end and some room for alignment