Internal API Reference - Memory Management
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Memory management — Memory management

  

Synopsis



void*               kit_malloc                          (size_t bytes);
void*               kit_malloc0                         (size_t bytes);
void*               kit_realloc                         (void *memory,
                                                         size_t bytes);
void                kit_free                            (void *memory);
#define             kit_new                             (type, count)
#define             kit_new0                            (type, count)

Description

Functions used for memory management.

 

Details

kit_malloc ()

void*               kit_malloc                          (size_t bytes);

Allocate memory

 

bytes :

 number of 8-bit bytes to allocate

Returns :

 memory location or NULL on OOM. Free with kit_free().

kit_malloc0 ()

void*               kit_malloc0                         (size_t bytes);

Allocate memory and zero it.

 

bytes :

 number of 8-bit bytes to allocate

Returns :

 memory location or NULL on OOM. Free with kit_free().

kit_realloc ()

void*               kit_realloc                         (void *memory,
                                                         size_t bytes);

Reallocate memory; like realloc(3).

 

memory :

 memory previously allocated

bytes :

 new size

Returns :

 memory location or NULL on OOM. Free with kit_free().

kit_free ()

void                kit_free                            (void *memory);

Free memory allocated by kit_malloc() + friends.

 

memory :

 pointer to memory allocated with kit_malloc() + friends

kit_new()

#define kit_new(type, count)  ((type*)kit_malloc (sizeof (type) * (count)));

Allocate memory for count structures of type type.

 

type :

 the type of object to allocate

count :

 number of objects to allocate

kit_new0()

#define kit_new0(type, count) ((type*)kit_malloc0 (sizeof (type) * (count)));

Allocate zeroed memory for count structures of type type.

 

type :

 the type of object to allocate

count :

 number of objects to allocate