Re: [MiNT] Malloc

[Henk Robbers <h.robbers@chello.nl>]

On Tuesday 30 September 2003 14:07, Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > Does the Gemdos Malloc blocks have a red tape area in the block itself?
> > And if so, what size is it.
>
> What do you understand under 'red tape area'? Adminstrative data?

Yes, size, next or prior pointers and the like.

>
> > Why?
> > Suppose 8192 is the the MiNT page size.
> > I do not want to get 2 pages when I call Malloc(8192)
> > because of some red tape.
>
> The FreeMiNT kernel never stored any kernel/process administrative
> informations in user space area if you mean this.

Exactly. I wanted to be absolutely sure.

Thanks.

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