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/**
  * A simple 32 bit block based memory allocator. This allows one or more memory segments to
  * be designated as heap storage, and is designed to run in a static memory area or inside the standard C
  * heap for use by the micro:bit runtime. This is required for several reasons:
  *
  * 1) It reduces memory fragmentation due to the high churn sometime placed on the heap
  * by ManagedTypes, fibers and user code. Underlying heap implentations are often have very simplistic
  * allocation pilicies and suffer from fragmentation in prolonged use - which can cause programs to
  * stop working after a period of time. The algorithm implemented here is simple, but highly tolerant to
  * large amounts of churn.
  *
  * 2) It allows us to reuse the 8K of SRAM set aside for SoftDevice as additional heap storage
  * when BLE is not in use.
  *
  * 3) It gives a simple example of how memory allocation works! :-)
  *
  * P.S. This is a very simple allocator, therefore not without its weaknesses. Why don't you consider
  * what these are, and consider the tradeoffs against simplicity...
  *
  * @note The need for this should be reviewed in the future, if a different memory allocator is
  * made availiable in the mbed platform.
  *
  * TODO: Consider caching recently freed blocks to improve allocation time.
  */

#ifndef MICROBIT_HEAP_ALLOCTOR_H
#define MICROBIT_HEAP_ALLOCTOR_H

#include "mbed.h"
#include "MicroBitConfig.h"
#include <new>

// The maximum number of heap segments that can be created.
#define MICROBIT_MAXIMUM_HEAPS          2

// Flag to indicate that a given block is FREE/USED
#define MICROBIT_HEAP_BLOCK_FREE		0x80000000

/**
  * Create and initialise a given memory region as for heap storage.
  * After this is called, any future calls to malloc, new, free or delete may use the new heap.
  * The heap allocator will attempt to allocate memory from heaps in the order that they are created.
  * i.e. memory will be allocated from first heap created until it is full, then the second heap, and so on.
  *
  * @param start The start address of memory to use as a heap region.
  *
  * @param end The end address of memory to use as a heap region.
  *
  * @return MICROBIT_OK on success, or MICROBIT_NO_RESOURCES if the heap could not be allocated.
  *
  * @note Only code that #includes MicroBitHeapAllocator.h will use this heap. This includes all micro:bit runtime
  * code, and user code targetting the runtime. External code can choose to include this file, or
  * simply use the standard heap.
  */
int microbit_create_heap(uint32_t start, uint32_t end);

/**
  * Create and initialise a heap region within the current the heap region specified
  * by the linker script.
  *
  * If the requested amount is not available, then the amount requested will be reduced
  * automatically to fit the space available.
  *
  * @param ratio The proportion of the underlying heap to allocate.
  *
  * @return MICROBIT_OK on success, or MICROBIT_NO_RESOURCES if the heap could not be allocated.
  */
int microbit_create_nested_heap(float ratio);

/**
  * Attempt to allocate a given amount of memory from any of our configured heap areas.
  *
  * @param size The amount of memory, in bytes, to allocate.
  *
  * @return A pointer to the allocated memory, or NULL if insufficient memory is available.
  */
void *microbit_malloc(size_t size);


/**
  * Release a given area of memory from the heap.
  *
  * @param mem The memory area to release.
  */
void microbit_free(void *mem);

/*
 * Wrapper function to ensure we have an explicit handle on the heap allocator provided
 * by our underlying platform.
 *
 * @param size The amount of memory, in bytes, to allocate.
 *
 * @return A pointer to the memory allocated. NULL if no memory is available.
 */
inline void *native_malloc(size_t size)
{
    return malloc(size);
}

/*
 * Wrapper function to ensure we have an explicit handle on the heap allocator provided
 * by our underlying platform.
 *
 * @param p Pointer to the memory to be freed.
 */
inline void native_free(void *p)
{
    free(p);
}

/**
  * Overrides the 'new' operator globally, and redirects calls to the micro:bit heap allocator.
  */
inline void* operator new(size_t size) throw(std::bad_alloc)
{
    return microbit_malloc(size);
}

/**
  * Overrides the 'new' operator globally, and redirects calls to the micro:bit theap allocator.
  */
inline void* operator new[](size_t size) throw(std::bad_alloc)
{
    return microbit_malloc(size);
}

/**
  * Overrides the 'delete' operator globally, and redirects calls to the micro:bit theap allocator.
  */
inline void operator delete(void *ptr) throw()
{
    microbit_free(ptr);
}


// Macros to override overrides the 'malloc' and 'delete' functions globally, and redirects calls
// to the micro:bit theap allocator.

#define malloc(X) microbit_malloc( X )
#define free(X) microbit_free( X )

#endif