Heap

API for doing dynamic memory allocation.

Description

This provides malloc()/free() functionality with locking. The shared resource heap needs to be protected from concurrent access when OS has been started. os_malloc() function grabs a mutex before calling malloc().

Data structures

N/A

List of Functions

The functions available in heap are:

Function	Description
os_free	Frees previously allocated memory back to the heap.
os_malloc	Allocates the given number of bytes from heap and returns a pointer to it.
os_realloc	Tries to resize previously allocated memory block, and returns pointer to resized memory.