Manage thread-safe fixed-size blocks of dynamic memory. More...

Data Structures
struct	osMemoryPoolAttr_t
	Attributes structure for memory pool. More...

Typedefs
typedef void *	osMemoryPoolId_t

Functions
osMemoryPoolId_t	osMemoryPoolNew (uint32_t block_count, uint32_t block_size, const osMemoryPoolAttr_t *attr)
	Create and Initialize a Memory Pool object. More...

const char *	osMemoryPoolGetName (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Get name of a Memory Pool object. More...

void *	osMemoryPoolAlloc (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id, uint32_t timeout)
	Allocate a memory block from a Memory Pool. More...

osStatus_t	osMemoryPoolFree (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id, void *block)
	Return an allocated memory block back to a Memory Pool. More...

uint32_t	osMemoryPoolGetCapacity (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Get maximum number of memory blocks in a Memory Pool. More...

uint32_t	osMemoryPoolGetBlockSize (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Get memory block size in a Memory Pool. More...

uint32_t	osMemoryPoolGetCount (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Get number of memory blocks used in a Memory Pool. More...

uint32_t	osMemoryPoolGetSpace (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Get number of memory blocks available in a Memory Pool. More...

osStatus_t	osMemoryPoolDelete (osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id)
	Delete a Memory Pool object. More...

Description

Memory Pools are fixed-size blocks of memory that are thread-safe. They operate much faster than the dynamically allocated heap and do not suffer from fragmentation. Being thread-safe, they can be accessed from threads and ISRs alike.

A Memory Pool can be seen as a linked list of available (unused) memory blocks of fixed and equal size. Allocating memory from a pool (using osMemoryPoolAlloc) simply unchains a block from the list and hands over control to the user. Freeing memory to the pool (using osMemoryPoolFree) simply rechains the block into the list.

CMSIS-RTOS Memory Pools

Note: One must not write to freed block. It is up to the implementation to reuse the memory of unused blocks for internal control data, i.e. linked list pointers.

Shared memory is one of the basic models to exchange information between threads. Using memory pools for exchanging data, you can share more complex objects between threads if compared to a Message Queue. Memory pool management functions are used to define and manage such fixed-sized memory pools.

Note: The functions osMemoryPoolAlloc, osMemoryPoolFree, osMemoryPoolGetCapacity, osMemoryPoolGetBlockSize, osMemoryPoolGetCount, osMemoryPoolGetSpace can be called from Interrupt Service Routines.; Refer to Memory Pool Configuration for RTX5 configuration options.

Data Structure Documentation

struct osMemoryPoolAttr_t

Attributes to configure a memory pool.

Refer to Memory Management for details about usage of

Data Fields
const char *	name	name of the memory pool Pointer to a string with a human readable name of the memory pool object. Default: NULL.
uint32_t	attr_bits	attribute bits Reserved for future use (set to '0'). Default: 0.
void *	cb_mem	memory for control block Pointer to a memory location for the memory pool control block object. This can optionally be used for custom memory management systems. Default: NULL (uses kernel memory management).
uint32_t	cb_size	size of provided memory for control block The size of the memory block passed with cb_mem. Must be the size of a memory pool control block object or larger.
void *	mp_mem	memory for data storage Pointer to a memory location for the data of the memory pool object. Default: NULL.
uint32_t	mp_size	size of provided memory for data storage The size of the memory passed with mp_mem.

Typedef Documentation

osMemoryPoolId_t

Memory Pool ID identifies the memory pool.

Returned by:

osMemoryPoolNew

Function Documentation

osMemoryPoolId_t osMemoryPoolNew	(	uint32_t	block_count,
		uint32_t	block_size,
		const osMemoryPoolAttr_t *	attr
	)

Parameters

[in]	block_count	maximum number of memory blocks in memory pool.
[in]	block_size	memory block size in bytes.
[in]	attr	memory pool attributes; NULL: default values.

Returns: memory pool ID for reference by other functions or NULL in case of error.

The function osMemoryPoolNew creates and initializes a memory pool object and returns the pointer to the memory pool object identifier or NULL in case of an error. It can be safely called before the RTOS is started (call to osKernelStart), but not before it is initialized (call to osKernelInitialize).

The total amount of memory needed is at least block_count * block_size. Memory from the pool can only be allocated/freed in fixed portions of block_size.

Note: This function cannot be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

Code Example

#include "cmsis_os2.h"                          // CMSIS RTOS header file
 
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *      Memory Pool creation & usage
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
#define MEMPOOL_OBJECTS 16                      // number of Memory Pool Objects
 
typedef struct {                                // object data type
  uint8_t Buf[32];
  uint8_t Idx;
} MEM_BLOCK_t;
 
osMemoryPoolId_t mpid_MemPool;                  // memory pool id
 
osThreadId_t tid_Thread_MemPool;                // thread id
 
void Thread_MemPool (void *argument);           // thread function
 
int Init_MemPool (void) {
 
  mpid_MemPool = osMemoryPoolNew(MEMPOOL_OBJECTS, sizeof(MEM_BLOCK_t), NULL);
  if (mpid_MemPool == NULL) {
    ; // MemPool object not created, handle failure
  }
 
  tid_Thread_MemPool = osThreadNew(Thread_MemPool, NULL, NULL);
  if (tid_Thread_MemPool == NULL) {
    return(-1);
  }
 
  return(0);
}
 
void Thread_MemPool (void *argument) {
  MEM_BLOCK_t *pMem;
  osStatus_t status;
 
  while (1) {
    ; // Insert thread code here...
 
    pMem = (MEM_BLOCK_t *)osMemoryPoolAlloc(mpid_MemPool, 0U);  // get Mem Block
    if (pMem != NULL) {                                         // Mem Block was available
      pMem->Buf[0] = 0x55U;                                     // do some work...
      pMem->Idx    = 0U;
 
      status = osMemoryPoolFree(mpid_MemPool, pMem);            // free mem block
      switch (status)  {
        case osOK:
          break;
        case osErrorParameter:
          break;
        case osErrorNoMemory:
          break;
        default:
          break;
      }
    }
 
    osThreadYield();                                            // suspend thread
  }
}

const char * osMemoryPoolGetName ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: name as null-terminated string.

The function osMemoryPoolGetName returns the pointer to the name string of the memory pool identified by parameter mp_id or NULL in case of an error.

Note: This function cannot be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

void * osMemoryPoolAlloc	(	osMemoryPoolId_t	mp_id,
		uint32_t	timeout
	)

Parameters

[in]	mp_id	memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.
[in]	timeout	Timeout Value or 0 in case of no time-out.

Returns: address of the allocated memory block or NULL in case of no memory is available.

The blocking function osMemoryPoolAlloc allocates the memory pool parameter mp_id and returns a pointer to the address of the allocated memory or 0 in case of an error.

The parameter timeout specifies how long the system waits to allocate the memory. While the system waits, the thread that is calling this function is put into the BLOCKED state. The thread will become READY as soon as at least one block of memory gets available.

The parameter timeout can have the following values:

when timeout is 0, the function returns instantly (i.e. try semantics).
when timeout is set to osWaitForever the function will wait for an infinite time until the memory is allocated (i.e. wait semantics).
all other values specify a time in kernel ticks for a timeout (i.e. timed-wait semantics).

The result is the pointer to the memory block allocated, or NULL if no memory is available.

Note: It is in the responsibility of the user to respect the block size, i.e. not access memory beyond the blocks limit.; May be called from Interrupt Service Routines if the parameter timeout is set to 0.

Code Example

Refer to osMemoryPoolNew.

osStatus_t osMemoryPoolFree	(	osMemoryPoolId_t	mp_id,
		void *	block
	)

Parameters

[in]	mp_id	memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.
[in]	block	address of the allocated memory block to be returned to the memory pool.

Returns: status code that indicates the execution status of the function.

The function osMemoryPoolFree frees the memory pool block specified by the parameter block in the memory pool object specified by the parameter mp_id. The memory block is put back to the list of available blocks.

If another thread is waiting for memory to become available the thread is put to READY state.

Possible osStatus_t return values:

osOK: the memory has been freed.
osErrorParameter: parameter mp_id is NULL or invalid, block points to invalid memory.
osErrorResource: the memory pool is in an invalid state.

Note: osMemoryPoolFree may perform certain checks on the block pointer given. But using osMemoryPoolFree with a pointer other than one received from osMemoryPoolAlloc has UNPREDICTED behaviour.; This function may be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

Code Example

Refer to osMemoryPoolNew.

uint32_t osMemoryPoolGetCapacity ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: maximum number of memory blocks.

The function osMemoryPoolGetCapacity returns the maximum number of memory blocks in the memory pool object specified by parameter mp_id or 0 in case of an error.

Note: This function may be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

uint32_t osMemoryPoolGetBlockSize ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: memory block size in bytes.

The function osMemoryPoolGetBlockSize returns the memory block size in bytes in the memory pool object specified by parameter mp_id or 0 in case of an error.

Note: This function may be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

uint32_t osMemoryPoolGetCount ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: number of memory blocks used.

The function osMemoryPoolGetCount returns the number of memory blocks used in the memory pool object specified by parameter mp_id or 0 in case of an error.

Note: This function may be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

uint32_t osMemoryPoolGetSpace ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: number of memory blocks available.

The function osMemoryPoolGetSpace returns the number of memory blocks available in the memory pool object specified by parameter mp_id or 0 in case of an error.

Note: This function may be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

osStatus_t osMemoryPoolDelete ( osMemoryPoolId_t mp_id )

Parameters

[in] mp_id memory pool ID obtained by osMemoryPoolNew.

Returns: status code that indicates the execution status of the function.

The function osMemoryPoolDelete deletes a memory pool object specified by parameter mp_id. It releases internal memory obtained for memory pool handling. After this call, the mp_id is no longer valid and cannot be used. The memory pool may be created again using the function osMemoryPoolNew.

Possible osStatus_t return values:

osOK: the memory pool object has been deleted.
osErrorParameter: parameter mp_id is NULL or invalid.
osErrorResource: the memory pool is in an invalid state.
osErrorISR: osMemoryPoolDelete cannot be called from interrupt service routines.

Note: This function cannot be called from Interrupt Service Routines.

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