eduOS/include/eduos/stdlib.h

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/*
* Copyright (c) 2010, Stefan Lankes, RWTH Aachen University
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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* * Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
* may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
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*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
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*/
/**
* @author Stefan Lankes
* @file include/eduos/stdlib.h
* @brief Kernel space malloc and free functions and conversion functions
*
* This file contains some memory alloc and free calls for the kernel
* and conversion functions.
*/
#ifndef __STDLIB_H__
#define __STDLIB_H__
#include <eduos/config.h>
#include <asm/stddef.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/** @brief General page allocator function
*
* This function allocates and maps whole pages.
* To avoid fragmentation you should use kmalloc() and kfree()!
*
* @param sz Desired size of the new memory
* @param flags Flags to for map_region(), vma_add()
*
* @return Pointer to the new memory range
*/
void* palloc(size_t sz, uint32_t flags);
/** @brief Free general kernel memory
*
* The pmalloc() doesn't track how much memory was allocated for which pointer,
* so you have to specify how much memory shall be freed.
*
* @param sz The size which should freed
*/
void pfree(void* addr, size_t sz);
/** @brief The memory allocator function
*
* This allocator uses a buddy system to manage free memory.
*
* @return Pointer to the new memory range
*/
void* kmalloc(size_t sz);
/** @brief The memory free function
*
* Releases memory allocated by malloc()
*
* @param addr The address to the memory block allocated by malloc()
*/
void kfree(void* addr);
/** @brief Create a new stack for a new task
*
* @return start address of the new stack
*/
void* create_stack(tid_t id);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif