/* Operating System Interface */
+struct os_mem_hdr {
+ size_t length; /* number of bytes in the block */
+};
+
ssize_t os_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
{
return read(fd, buf, count);
void *os_malloc(size_t length)
{
- return mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
- MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ struct os_mem_hdr *hdr;
+
+ hdr = mmap(NULL, length + sizeof(*hdr), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (hdr == MAP_FAILED)
+ return NULL;
+ hdr->length = length;
+
+ return hdr + 1;
+}
+
+void *os_free(void *ptr)
+{
+ struct os_mem_hdr *hdr = ptr;
+
+ hdr--;
+ if (ptr)
+ munmap(hdr, hdr->length + sizeof(*hdr));
+}
+
+void *os_realloc(void *ptr, size_t length)
+{
+ struct os_mem_hdr *hdr = ptr;
+ void *buf = NULL;
+
+ hdr--;
+ if (length != 0) {
+ buf = os_malloc(length);
+ if (!buf)
+ return buf;
+ if (ptr) {
+ if (length > hdr->length)
+ length = hdr->length;
+ memcpy(buf, ptr, length);
+ }
+ }
+ os_free(ptr);
+
+ return buf;
}
void os_usleep(unsigned long usec)
*/
void *os_malloc(size_t length);
+/**
+ * Free memory previous allocated with os_malloc()/os_realloc()
+ *
+ * This returns the memory to the OS.
+ *
+ * \param ptr Pointer to memory block to free
+ */
+void *os_free(void *ptr);
+
+/**
+ * Reallocate previously-allocated memory to increase/decrease space
+ *
+ * This works in a similar way to the C library realloc() function. If
+ * length is 0, then ptr is freed. Otherwise the space used by ptr is
+ * expanded or reduced depending on whether length is larger or smaller
+ * than before.
+ *
+ * If ptr is NULL, then this is similar to calling os_malloc().
+ *
+ * This function may need to move the memory block to make room for any
+ * extra space, in which case the new pointer is returned.
+ *
+ * \param ptr Pointer to memory block to reallocate
+ * \param length New length for memory block
+ * \return pointer to new memory block, or NULL on failure or if length
+ * is 0.
+ */
+void *os_realloc(void *ptr, size_t length);
+
/**
* Access to the usleep function of the os
*