memory.h File Reference

#include <mrpt/utils/utils_defs.h>

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Namespaces
namespace	mrpt
	This is the global namespace for all Mobile Robot Porgramming Toolkit (MRPT) libraries.
namespace	mrpt::system
	This namespace provides a OS-independent interface to many useful functions: filenames manipulation, time and date, string parsing, file I/O, threading, memory allocation, etc.
namespace	mrpt::system::os
	This namespace provides a OS-independent interface to low-level functions.
Defines
#define	mrpt_alloca(nBytes)   ::malloc( nBytes );
	In platforms and compilers with support to "alloca", allocate a memory block on the stack; if alloca is not supported, it is emulated as a normal "malloc" - NOTICE: Since in some platforms alloca will be emulated with malloc, alloca_free MUST BE ALWAYS CALLED to avoid memory leaks.
#define	mrpt_alloca_free(mem_block)   free(mem_block)
	This method must be called to "free" each memory block allocated with "system::alloca": If the block was really allocated in the stack, no operation is actually performed, otherwise it will be freed from the heap.
Functions
unsigned long MRPTDLLIMPEXP	mrpt::system::getMemoryUsage ()
	Returns the memory occupied by this process, in bytes.
Aligned memory management
void MRPTDLLIMPEXP *	mrpt::system::os::aligned_malloc (size_t bytes, size_t alignment)
	Returns an aligned memory block.
void MRPTDLLIMPEXP *	mrpt::system::os::aligned_calloc (size_t bytes, size_t alignment)
	Identical to aligned_malloc, but it zeroes the reserved memory block.
void MRPTDLLIMPEXP *	mrpt::system::os::aligned_realloc (void *old_ptr, size_t bytes, size_t alignment)
	Frees a memory block reserved by aligned_malloc.
void MRPTDLLIMPEXP	mrpt::system::os::aligned_free (void *p)
	Frees a memory block reserved by aligned_malloc.

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Define Documentation

#define mrpt_alloca

(

nBytes

)

::malloc( nBytes );

In platforms and compilers with support to "alloca", allocate a memory block on the stack; if alloca is not supported, it is emulated as a normal "malloc" - NOTICE: Since in some platforms alloca will be emulated with malloc, alloca_free MUST BE ALWAYS CALLED to avoid memory leaks.

This method MUST BE a macro rather than a function in order to operate on the caller's stack.

See also:

mrpt_alloca_free

Definition at line 52 of file memory.h.

#define mrpt_alloca_free

(

mem_block

)

free(mem_block)

This method must be called to "free" each memory block allocated with "system::alloca": If the block was really allocated in the stack, no operation is actually performed, otherwise it will be freed from the heap.

This method MUST BE a macro rather than a function in order to operate on the caller's stack.

See also:

mrpt_alloca

Definition at line 67 of file memory.h.