> I am working on a hal module that may need a variable amount of memory
> depending on it's configuration. Is it acceptable to use malloc in a hal
> module? Should I use hal_malloc or is that specifically for pins?
>
> Les
First choice:
Memory may be dynamically allocated within real time by u
On 8/14/19 6:48 AM, Les Newell wrote:
I am working on a hal module that may need a variable amount of memory
depending on it's configuration. Is it acceptable to use malloc in a hal
module? Should I use hal_malloc or is that specifically for pins?
Memory management is different for realtime mo
Hi Andy,
Thanks for looking into this.
Looking at the kinematics modules I suspect malloc can only be used in
user space modules. For example genserkins.c seems to use hal_malloc if
RTAPI is defined and malloc if ULAPI is defined. I also see references
to rtapi_kmalloc. hm2 seems to be especi
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 15:08, Les Newell wrote:
> I am working on a hal module that may need a variable amount of memory
> depending on it's configuration. Is it acceptable to use malloc in a hal
> module? Should I use hal_malloc or is that specifically for pins?
As I understand it, hal_malloc
Further to this question, how do I go about deleting the memory at
shutdown? I see a reference in the halcompile docs to EXTRA_CLEANUP but
the docs aren't too clear on how I iterate through each loaded module to
delete it's memory (if allocated).
Les
On 14/08/2019 13:48, Les Newell wrote:
I a
