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Name

mbkalloc - mbk memory allocator

Origin

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the CAO-VLSI team at ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory.
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Synopsys

#include mut315.h"
char *mbkalloc(bytes)
unsigned int bytes;

Parameter

bytes
Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated

Description

mbkalloc returns a block of bytes length, for any purpose. It is now a day just an encapsulation of the system malloc function, but may evolve to a special allocator in the future. Its use is strongly encouraged.

Remark :
a global variable, long mbkalloc_stat, updates the number of allocated bytes, and may be accessed by anyone to see the amount of allocated memory.

Return Value

mbkalloc returns a pointer to a bytes long block.

Error

*** mbk error *** mbkalloc impossible : not enough memory" System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can be retrieved from the system.

Example

#include mut315.h"
char *dup_str(s);
{
char *t = (char *)mbkalloc(strlen(s) + (unsigned int)1); strcpy(t, s);
return t;
}

See Also

mbk(1) , mbkfree(3) .

Bug Report

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