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9.5.1 malloc_lmm: LMM pool used by the default memory allocation functions

   

SYNOPSIS

#include <oskit/c/malloc.h>

extern lmm_t malloc_lmm ;

DESCRIPTION

The LMM pool used by all default memory allocation functions either directly or indirectly.

In the base environemnt, this LMM is initialized at boot time to contain all the physical memory available in the system (see Section 10.11). ``Available memory'' means all that is not used by base environment data structures or by the OS kernel image itself.



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