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Diffstat (limited to 'nuttx/arch/x86')
-rw-r--r-- | nuttx/arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nuttx/arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c b/nuttx/arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c index 74b169df3..b56f9b59a 100644 --- a/nuttx/arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c +++ b/nuttx/arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /**************************************************************************** * arch/x86/src/common/up_allocateheap.c * - * Copyright (C) 2011 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved. * Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org> * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ * Name: up_allocate_heap * * Description: - * The heap may be statically allocated by defining CONFIG_HEAP_BASE and - * CONFIG_HEAP_SIZE. If these are not defined, then this function will be - * called to dynamically set aside the heap region. + * This function will be called to dynamically set aside the heap region. + * + * For the kernel build (CONFIG_NUTTX_KERNEL=y) with both kernel- and + * user-space heaps (CONFIG_MM_KERNEL_HEAP=y), this function provides the + * size of the unprotected, user-space heap. + * + * If a protected kernel-space heap is provided, the kernel heap must be + * allocated (and protected) by an analogous up_allocate_kheap(). * ****************************************************************************/ |