mem.c File Reference

#include "lwip/opt.h"
#include "lwip/def.h"
#include "lwip/mem.h"
#include "lwip/sys.h"
#include "lwip/stats.h"
#include "lwip/err.h"
#include <string.h>

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Classes
struct	mem

Macros
#define	MIN_SIZE   12
#define	MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MIN_SIZE)
#define	SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(struct mem))
#define	MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MEM_SIZE)
#define	LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER   ram_heap
#define	LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT()
#define	LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT()   sys_mutex_lock(&mem_mutex)
#define	LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT()   sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex)
#define	LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT()
#define	LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT()
#define	LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT()

Functions
static void	plug_holes (struct mem *mem)
void	mem_init (void)
void	mem_free (void *rmem)
void *	mem_trim (void *rmem, mem_size_t newsize)
void *	mem_malloc (mem_size_t size)
void *	mem_calloc (mem_size_t count, mem_size_t size)

Variables
u8_t	ram_heap [MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED+(2 *SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM)+MEM_ALIGNMENT]
static u8_t *	ram
static struct mem *	ram_end
static struct mem *	lfree
static sys_mutex_t	mem_mutex

Detailed Description

Dynamic memory manager

This is a lightweight replacement for the standard C library malloc().

If you want to use the standard C library malloc() instead, define MEM_LIBC_MALLOC to 1 in your lwipopts.h

To let mem_malloc() use pools (prevents fragmentation and is much faster than a heap but might waste some memory), define MEM_USE_POOLS to 1, define MEM_USE_CUSTOM_POOLS to 1 and create a file "lwippools.h" that includes a list of pools like this (more pools can be added between _START and _END):

Define three pools with sizes 256, 512, and 1512 bytes LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL_START LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(20, 256) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(10, 512) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL(5, 1512) LWIP_MALLOC_MEMPOOL_END

Definition in file mem.c.

Macro Definition Documentation

LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT

(

)

Definition at line 217 of file mem.c.

LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT

(

)

Definition at line 218 of file mem.c.

LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT

(

)

Definition at line 219 of file mem.c.

LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT

(

)

Definition at line 213 of file mem.c.

LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT

(

)

sys_mutex_lock(&mem_mutex)

Definition at line 214 of file mem.c.

LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT

#define LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT

(

)

sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex)

Definition at line 215 of file mem.c.

LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER

#define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER   ram_heap

Definition at line 183 of file mem.c.

MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED

#define MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MEM_SIZE)

Definition at line 174 of file mem.c.

MIN_SIZE

#define MIN_SIZE   12

All allocated blocks will be MIN_SIZE bytes big, at least! MIN_SIZE can be overridden to suit your needs. Smaller values save space, larger values could prevent too small blocks to fragment the RAM too much.

Definition at line 169 of file mem.c.

MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED

#define MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(MIN_SIZE)

Definition at line 172 of file mem.c.

SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM

#define SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM   LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(struct mem))

Definition at line 173 of file mem.c.

Function Documentation

mem_calloc()

void * mem_calloc	(	mem_size_t	count,
		mem_size_t	size
	)

Contiguously allocates enough space for count objects that are size bytes of memory each and returns a pointer to the allocated memory.

The allocated memory is filled with bytes of value zero.

Parameters

count	number of objects to allocate
size	size of the objects to allocate

Returns

pointer to allocated memory / NULL pointer if there is an error

Definition at line 646 of file mem.c.

{
  void *p;
 
  /* allocate 'count' objects of size 'size' */
  p = mem_malloc(count * size);
  if (p) {
    /* zero the memory */
    memset(p, 0, count * size);
  }
  return p;
}

mem_free()

void mem_free

(

void *

rmem

)

Put a struct mem back on the heap

Parameters

rmem	is the data portion of a struct mem as returned by a previous call to mem_malloc()

Definition at line 311 of file mem.c.

{
  struct mem *mem;
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT();
 
  if (rmem == NULL) {
    LWIP_DEBUGF(MEM_DEBUG | LWIP_DBG_TRACE | LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SERIOUS, ("mem_free(p == NULL) was called.\n"));
    return;
  }
  LWIP_ASSERT("mem_free: sanity check alignment", (((mem_ptr_t)rmem) & (MEM_ALIGNMENT-1)) == 0);
 
  LWIP_ASSERT("mem_free: legal memory", (u8_t *)rmem >= (u8_t *)ram &&
    (u8_t *)rmem < (u8_t *)ram_end);
 
  if ((u8_t *)rmem < (u8_t *)ram || (u8_t *)rmem >= (u8_t *)ram_end) {
    SYS_ARCH_DECL_PROTECT(lev);
    LWIP_DEBUGF(MEM_DEBUG | LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SEVERE, ("mem_free: illegal memory\n"));
    /* protect mem stats from concurrent access */
    SYS_ARCH_PROTECT(lev);
    MEM_STATS_INC(illegal);
    SYS_ARCH_UNPROTECT(lev);
    return;
  }
  /* protect the heap from concurrent access */
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT();
  /* Get the corresponding struct mem ... */
  mem = (struct mem *)(void *)((u8_t *)rmem - SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM);
  /* ... which has to be in a used state ... */
  LWIP_ASSERT("mem_free: mem->used", mem->used);
  /* ... and is now unused. */
  mem->used = 0;
 
  if (mem < lfree) {
    /* the newly freed struct is now the lowest */
    lfree = mem;
  }
 
  MEM_STATS_DEC_USED(used, mem->next - (mem_size_t)(((u8_t *)mem - ram)));
 
  /* finally, see if prev or next are free also */
  plug_holes(mem);
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
  mem_free_count = 1;
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT();
}

mem_init()

void mem_init

(

void

)

Zero the heap and initialize start, end and lowest-free

Definition at line 274 of file mem.c.

{
  struct mem *mem;
 
  LWIP_ASSERT("Sanity check alignment",
    (SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM & (MEM_ALIGNMENT-1)) == 0);
 
  /* align the heap */
  ram = (u8_t *)LWIP_MEM_ALIGN(LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER);
  /* initialize the start of the heap */
  mem = (struct mem *)(void *)ram;
  mem->next = MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED;
  mem->prev = 0;
  mem->used = 0;
  /* initialize the end of the heap */
  ram_end = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED];
  ram_end->used = 1;
  ram_end->next = MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED;
  ram_end->prev = MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED;
 
  /* initialize the lowest-free pointer to the start of the heap */
  lfree = (struct mem *)(void *)ram;
 
  MEM_STATS_AVAIL(avail, MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED);
 
  if(sys_mutex_new(&mem_mutex) != ERR_OK) {
    LWIP_ASSERT("failed to create mem_mutex", 0);
  }
}

Referenced by lwip_init().

mem_malloc()

void * mem_malloc

(

mem_size_t

size

)

Adam's mem_malloc() plus solution for bug #17922 Allocate a block of memory with a minimum of 'size' bytes.

Parameters

size	is the minimum size of the requested block in bytes.

Returns

pointer to allocated memory or NULL if no free memory was found.

Note that the returned value will always be aligned (as defined by MEM_ALIGNMENT).

Definition at line 494 of file mem.c.

{
  mem_size_t ptr, ptr2;
  struct mem *mem, *mem2;
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
  u8_t local_mem_free_count = 0;
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
  LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_DECL_PROTECT();
 
  if (size == 0) {
    return NULL;
  }
 
  /* Expand the size of the allocated memory region so that we can
     adjust for alignment. */
  size = LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(size);
 
  if(size < MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
    /* every data block must be at least MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED long */
    size = MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED;
  }
 
  if (size > MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
    return NULL;
  }
 
  /* protect the heap from concurrent access */
  sys_mutex_lock(&mem_mutex);
  LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT();
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
  /* run as long as a mem_free disturbed mem_malloc or mem_trim */
  do {
    local_mem_free_count = 0;
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
 
    /* Scan through the heap searching for a free block that is big enough,
     * beginning with the lowest free block.
     */
    for (ptr = (mem_size_t)((u8_t *)lfree - ram); ptr < MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED - size;
         ptr = ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr])->next) {
      mem = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr];
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
      mem_free_count = 0;
      LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT();
      /* allow mem_free or mem_trim to run */
      LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT();
      if (mem_free_count != 0) {
        /* If mem_free or mem_trim have run, we have to restart since they
           could have altered our current struct mem. */
        local_mem_free_count = 1;
        break;
      }
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
 
      if ((!mem->used) &&
          (mem->next - (ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM)) >= size) {
        /* mem is not used and at least perfect fit is possible:
         * mem->next - (ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM) gives us the 'user data size' of mem */
 
        if (mem->next - (ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM) >= (size + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED)) {
          /* (in addition to the above, we test if another struct mem (SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM) containing
           * at least MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED of data also fits in the 'user data space' of 'mem')
           * -> split large block, create empty remainder,
           * remainder must be large enough to contain MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED data: if
           * mem->next - (ptr + (2*SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM)) == size,
           * struct mem would fit in but no data between mem2 and mem2->next
           * @todo we could leave out MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED. We would create an empty
           *       region that couldn't hold data, but when mem->next gets freed,
           *       the 2 regions would be combined, resulting in more free memory
           */
          ptr2 = ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + size;
          /* create mem2 struct */
          mem2 = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr2];
          mem2->used = 0;
          mem2->next = mem->next;
          mem2->prev = ptr;
          /* and insert it between mem and mem->next */
          mem->next = ptr2;
          mem->used = 1;
 
          if (mem2->next != MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
            ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem2->next])->prev = ptr2;
          }
          MEM_STATS_INC_USED(used, (size + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM));
        } else {
          /* (a mem2 struct does no fit into the user data space of mem and mem->next will always
           * be used at this point: if not we have 2 unused structs in a row, plug_holes should have
           * take care of this).
           * -> near fit or excact fit: do not split, no mem2 creation
           * also can't move mem->next directly behind mem, since mem->next
           * will always be used at this point!
           */
          mem->used = 1;
          MEM_STATS_INC_USED(used, mem->next - (mem_size_t)((u8_t *)mem - ram));
        }
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
mem_malloc_adjust_lfree:
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
        if (mem == lfree) {
          struct mem *cur = lfree;
          /* Find next free block after mem and update lowest free pointer */
          while (cur->used && cur != ram_end) {
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
            mem_free_count = 0;
            LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT();
            /* prevent high interrupt latency... */
            LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_PROTECT();
            if (mem_free_count != 0) {
              /* If mem_free or mem_trim have run, we have to restart since they
                 could have altered our current struct mem or lfree. */
              goto mem_malloc_adjust_lfree;
            }
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
            cur = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[cur->next];
          }
          lfree = cur;
          LWIP_ASSERT("mem_malloc: !lfree->used", ((lfree == ram_end) || (!lfree->used)));
        }
        LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT();
        sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex);
        LWIP_ASSERT("mem_malloc: allocated memory not above ram_end.",
         (mem_ptr_t)mem + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + size <= (mem_ptr_t)ram_end);
        LWIP_ASSERT("mem_malloc: allocated memory properly aligned.",
         ((mem_ptr_t)mem + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM) % MEM_ALIGNMENT == 0);
        LWIP_ASSERT("mem_malloc: sanity check alignment",
          (((mem_ptr_t)mem) & (MEM_ALIGNMENT-1)) == 0);
 
        return (u8_t *)mem + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM;
      }
    }
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
    /* if we got interrupted by a mem_free, try again */
  } while(local_mem_free_count != 0);
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
  LWIP_DEBUGF(MEM_DEBUG | LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SERIOUS, ("mem_malloc: could not allocate %"S16_F" bytes\n", (s16_t)size));
  MEM_STATS_INC(err);
  LWIP_MEM_ALLOC_UNPROTECT();
  sys_mutex_unlock(&mem_mutex);
  return NULL;
}

Referenced by mem_calloc(), pbuf_alloc(), and START_TEST().

mem_trim()

void * mem_trim	(	void *	rmem,
		mem_size_t	newsize
	)

Shrink memory returned by mem_malloc().

Parameters

rmem	pointer to memory allocated by mem_malloc the is to be shrinked
newsize	required size after shrinking (needs to be smaller than or equal to the previous size)

Returns

for compatibility reasons: is always == rmem, at the moment or NULL if newsize is > old size, in which case rmem is NOT touched or freed!

Definition at line 369 of file mem.c.

{
  mem_size_t size;
  mem_size_t ptr, ptr2;
  struct mem *mem, *mem2;
  /* use the FREE_PROTECT here: it protects with sem OR SYS_ARCH_PROTECT */
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_DECL_PROTECT();
 
  /* Expand the size of the allocated memory region so that we can
     adjust for alignment. */
  newsize = LWIP_MEM_ALIGN_SIZE(newsize);
 
  if(newsize < MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
    /* every data block must be at least MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED long */
    newsize = MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED;
  }
 
  if (newsize > MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
    return NULL;
  }
 
  LWIP_ASSERT("mem_trim: legal memory", (u8_t *)rmem >= (u8_t *)ram &&
   (u8_t *)rmem < (u8_t *)ram_end);
 
  if ((u8_t *)rmem < (u8_t *)ram || (u8_t *)rmem >= (u8_t *)ram_end) {
    SYS_ARCH_DECL_PROTECT(lev);
    LWIP_DEBUGF(MEM_DEBUG | LWIP_DBG_LEVEL_SEVERE, ("mem_trim: illegal memory\n"));
    /* protect mem stats from concurrent access */
    SYS_ARCH_PROTECT(lev);
    MEM_STATS_INC(illegal);
    SYS_ARCH_UNPROTECT(lev);
    return rmem;
  }
  /* Get the corresponding struct mem ... */
  mem = (struct mem *)(void *)((u8_t *)rmem - SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM);
  /* ... and its offset pointer */
  ptr = (mem_size_t)((u8_t *)mem - ram);
 
  size = mem->next - ptr - SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM;
  LWIP_ASSERT("mem_trim can only shrink memory", newsize <= size);
  if (newsize > size) {
    /* not supported */
    return NULL;
  }
  if (newsize == size) {
    /* No change in size, simply return */
    return rmem;
  }
 
  /* protect the heap from concurrent access */
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_PROTECT();
 
  mem2 = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem->next];
  if(mem2->used == 0) {
    /* The next struct is unused, we can simply move it at little */
    mem_size_t next;
    /* remember the old next pointer */
    next = mem2->next;
    /* create new struct mem which is moved directly after the shrinked mem */
    ptr2 = ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + newsize;
    if (lfree == mem2) {
      lfree = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr2];
    }
    mem2 = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr2];
    mem2->used = 0;
    /* restore the next pointer */
    mem2->next = next;
    /* link it back to mem */
    mem2->prev = ptr;
    /* link mem to it */
    mem->next = ptr2;
    /* last thing to restore linked list: as we have moved mem2,
     * let 'mem2->next->prev' point to mem2 again. but only if mem2->next is not
     * the end of the heap */
    if (mem2->next != MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
      ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem2->next])->prev = ptr2;
    }
    MEM_STATS_DEC_USED(used, (size - newsize));
    /* no need to plug holes, we've already done that */
  } else if (newsize + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED <= size) {
    /* Next struct is used but there's room for another struct mem with
     * at least MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED of data.
     * Old size ('size') must be big enough to contain at least 'newsize' plus a struct mem
     * ('SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM') with some data ('MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED').
     * @todo we could leave out MIN_SIZE_ALIGNED. We would create an empty
     *       region that couldn't hold data, but when mem->next gets freed,
     *       the 2 regions would be combined, resulting in more free memory */
    ptr2 = ptr + SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM + newsize;
    mem2 = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[ptr2];
    if (mem2 < lfree) {
      lfree = mem2;
    }
    mem2->used = 0;
    mem2->next = mem->next;
    mem2->prev = ptr;
    mem->next = ptr2;
    if (mem2->next != MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED) {
      ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem2->next])->prev = ptr2;
    }
    MEM_STATS_DEC_USED(used, (size - newsize));
    /* the original mem->next is used, so no need to plug holes! */
  }
  /* else {
    next struct mem is used but size between mem and mem2 is not big enough
    to create another struct mem
    -> don't do anyhting. 
    -> the remaining space stays unused since it is too small
  } */
#if LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT
  mem_free_count = 1;
#endif /* LWIP_ALLOW_MEM_FREE_FROM_OTHER_CONTEXT */
  LWIP_MEM_FREE_UNPROTECT();
  return rmem;
}

plug_holes()

static void plug_holes ( struct mem *  mem )

static

"Plug holes" by combining adjacent empty struct mems. After this function is through, there should not exist one empty struct mem pointing to another empty struct mem.

Parameters

mem	this points to a struct mem which just has been freed

Definition at line 236 of file mem.c.

{
  struct mem *nmem;
  struct mem *pmem;
 
  LWIP_ASSERT("plug_holes: mem >= ram", (u8_t *)mem >= ram);
  LWIP_ASSERT("plug_holes: mem < ram_end", (u8_t *)mem < (u8_t *)ram_end);
  LWIP_ASSERT("plug_holes: mem->used == 0", mem->used == 0);
 
  /* plug hole forward */
  LWIP_ASSERT("plug_holes: mem->next <= MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED", mem->next <= MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED);
 
  nmem = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem->next];
  if (mem != nmem && nmem->used == 0 && (u8_t *)nmem != (u8_t *)ram_end) {
    /* if mem->next is unused and not end of ram, combine mem and mem->next */
    if (lfree == nmem) {
      lfree = mem;
    }
    mem->next = nmem->next;
    ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[nmem->next])->prev = (mem_size_t)((u8_t *)mem - ram);
  }
 
  /* plug hole backward */
  pmem = (struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem->prev];
  if (pmem != mem && pmem->used == 0) {
    /* if mem->prev is unused, combine mem and mem->prev */
    if (lfree == mem) {
      lfree = pmem;
    }
    pmem->next = mem->next;
    ((struct mem *)(void *)&ram[mem->next])->prev = (mem_size_t)((u8_t *)pmem - ram);
  }
}

Referenced by mem_free().

Variable Documentation

lfree

struct mem* lfree

static

pointer to the lowest free block, this is used for faster search

Definition at line 191 of file mem.c.

Referenced by mem_free(), mem_init(), mem_malloc(), mem_trim(), and plug_holes().

mem_mutex

sys_mutex_t mem_mutex

static

concurrent access protection

Definition at line 195 of file mem.c.

Referenced by mem_init(), and mem_malloc().

ram

u8_t* ram

static

pointer to the heap (ram_heap): for alignment, ram is now a pointer instead of an array

Definition at line 187 of file mem.c.

Referenced by mem_free(), mem_init(), mem_malloc(), mem_trim(), and plug_holes().

ram_end

struct mem* ram_end

static

the last entry, always unused!

Definition at line 189 of file mem.c.

Referenced by mem_free(), mem_init(), mem_malloc(), mem_trim(), and plug_holes().

ram_heap

u8_t ram_heap[MEM_SIZE_ALIGNED+(2 *SIZEOF_STRUCT_MEM)+MEM_ALIGNMENT]

If you want to relocate the heap to external memory, simply define LWIP_RAM_HEAP_POINTER as a void-pointer to that location. If so, make sure the memory at that location is big enough (see below on how that space is calculated). the heap. we need one struct mem at the end and some room for alignment

Definition at line 182 of file mem.c.