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+/* Copyright (c) 2012 mbed.org */
+#ifndef MEMORYPOOL_H
+#define MEMORYPOOL_H 
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "cmsis_os.h"
+
+namespace rtos {
+
+/*! Define and manage fixed-size memory pools of objects of a given type.
+  \tparam  T         data type of a single object (element).
+  \tparam  queue_sz  maximum number of objects (elements) in the memory pool.
+*/
+template<typename T, uint32_t pool_sz>
+class MemoryPool {
+public:
+    /*! Create and Initialize a memory pool. */
+    MemoryPool() {
+    #ifdef CMSIS_OS_RTX
+        memset(_pool_m, 0, sizeof(_pool_m));
+        _pool_def.pool = _pool_m;
+        
+        _pool_def.pool_sz = pool_sz;
+        _pool_def.item_sz =  sizeof(T);
+    #endif
+        _pool_id = osPoolCreate(&_pool_def);
+    }
+    
+    /*! Allocate a memory block of type T from a memory pool.
+      \return  address of the allocated memory block or NULL in case of no memory available.
+    */
+    T* alloc(void) {
+        return (T*)osPoolAlloc(_pool_id);
+    }
+    
+    /*! Allocate a memory block of type T from a memory pool and set memory block to zero.
+      \return  address of the allocated memory block or NULL in case of no memory available. 
+    */
+    T* calloc(void) {
+        return (T*)osPoolCAlloc(_pool_id);
+    }
+    
+    /*! Return an allocated memory block back to a specific memory pool.
+      \param   address of the allocated memory block that is returned to the memory pool.
+      \return  status code that indicates the execution status of the function. 
+    */
+    osStatus free(T *block) {
+        return osPoolFree(_pool_id, (void*)block);
+    }
+
+private:
+    osPoolId    _pool_id;
+    osPoolDef_t _pool_def;
+#ifdef CMSIS_OS_RTX
+    uint32_t    _pool_m[3+((sizeof(T)+3)/4)*(pool_sz)];
+#endif
+};
+
+}
+#endif