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void free(void *firstbyte)
{ struct mem_control_block *mcb; /* Backup from the given pointer to find the * mem_control_block */ mcb = firstbyte - sizeof(struct mem_control_block); /* Mark the block as being available */ mcb->is_available = 1; /* That's It! We're done. */ return; } void *malloc(long numbytes) { /* Holds where we are looking in memory */ void *current_location; /* This is the same as current_location, but cast to a* memory_control_block*/ struct mem_control_block *current_location_mcb; /* This is the memory location we will return. It will* be set to 0 until we find something suitable*/ void *memory_location; /* Initialize if we haven't already done so */ if(!has_initialized) { malloc_init(); } /* The memory we search for has to include the memory* control block, but the users of malloc don't need* to know this, so we'll just add it in for them.*/ numbytes = numbytes + sizeof(struct mem_control_block); /* Set memory_location to 0 until we find a suitable* location*/ memory_location = 0; /* Begin searching at the start of managed memory */ current_location = managed_memory_start; /* Keep going until we have searched all allocated space */ while(current_location != last_valid_address) { /* current_location and current_location_mcb point* to the same address. However, current_location_mcb* is of the correct type, so we can use it as a struct. * current_location is a void pointer so we can use it* to calculate addresses.*/ current_location_mcb = (struct mem_control_block *)current_location; if(current_location_mcb->is_available) { if(current_location_mcb->size >= numbytes) { /* Woohoo! We've found an open,* appropriately-size location.*/ /* It is no longer available */ current_location_mcb->is_available = 0; /* We own it */ memory_location = current_location; /* Leave the loop */ break; } } /* If we made it here, it's because the Current memory* block not suitable; move to the next one*/ current_location = current_location + current_location_mcb->size; } /* If we still don't have a valid location, we'll* have to ask the operating system for more memory*/ if(! memory_location) { /* Move the program break numbytes further */ sbrk(numbytes); /* The new memory will be where the last valid* address left off*/ memory_location = last_valid_address; /* We'll move the last valid address forward* numbytes*/ last_valid_address = last_valid_address + numbytes; /* We need to initialize the mem_control_block */ current_location_mcb = memory_location; current_location_mcb->is_available = 0; current_location_mcb->size = numbytes; } /* Now, no matter what (well, except for error conditions),* memory_location has the address of the memory, including* the mem_control_block*/ /* Move the pointer past the mem_control_block */ memory_location = memory_location + sizeof(struct mem_control_block); /* Return the pointer */ return memory_location; } |