Chapter 67. eCos Memory Pools

eCos Memory pools

Table of Contents
Variable Size Allocation Pools -- Variable Size Allocation Pools
Fixed Size Allocation Pools -- Fixed Size Allocation Pools
stdlib malloc Pools -- stdlib malloc pool

There are three sorts of memory pools. A variable size memory pool is for allocating blocks of any size. A fixed size memory pool, has the block size specified when the pool is created and only provides blocks of that size. Both of these pools must be explicitly created. The third type is the traditional heap which can be accessed using malloc and friends.