Syntax

#include <umalloc.h>
void *_ucalloc(Heap_t heap, size_t num, size_t size);

• ucalloc allocates memory for an array of num elements, each of length size bytes, from the heap you specify. It then initializes all bits of each element to 0.

  _ucalloc works just like calloc except that you specify the heap to use; calloc always allocates from the default heap. If the heap does not have enough memory for the request, _ucalloc calls the getmore_fn that you specified when you created the heap with _ucreate.

  To reallocate or free memory allocated with _ucalloc, use the non-heap-specific realloc and free. These functions always check what heap the memory was allocated from.

• ucalloc returns a pointer to the reserved space. If size or num was specified as zero, or if your getmore_fn cannot provide enough memory, _ucalloc returns NULL. Passing _ucalloc a heap that is not valid results in undefined behavior.

This example creates a heap myheap and then uses _ucalloc to allocate memory from it.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <umalloc.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(void)
{
   Heap_t  myheap;
   char    *ptr;

   /* Use default heap as user heap */
   myheap = _udefault(NULL);

   if (NULL == (ptr = _ucalloc(myheap, 100, 1))) {
      puts("Cannot allocate memory from user heap.");
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
   memset(ptr, 'x', 10);
   free(ptr);
   return 0;
}

• calloc
  
• free
  
• realloc
  
• ucreate
  
• umalloc
  
• Differentiating between Memory Management Functions
  
• Managing Memory" in the VisualAge C++ Programming Guide

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