memory management functions

Functions
void *	wickr_alloc (size_t len)
void *	wickr_alloc_zero (size_t len)
void	wickr_free (void *buf)
void	wickr_free_zero (void *buf, size_t len)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

wickr_alloc()

void* wickr_alloc

(

size_t

len

)

Allocate memory from the system

Parameters

len	the number of bytes to allocate

Returns

a pointer to 'len' bytes of newly allocated memory, or NULL if the underlying system allocation fails

wickr_alloc_zero()

void* wickr_alloc_zero

(

size_t

len

)

Allocate zeroed memory from the system

Parameters

len	the number of bytes of zeroed memory to allocate

Returns

a pointer to 'len' bytes of newly allocated memory filled with 0s, or NULL if the underlying system allocation fails

wickr_free()

void wickr_free

(

void *

buf

)

Free memory

Parameters

buf	the pointer to memory that needs to be freed

wickr_free_zero()

void wickr_free_zero	(	void *	buf,
		size_t	len
	)

Zero-then-free memory

Parameters

buf	the buffer to fill with 0s and then free
len	the number of bytes to fill with 0s before freeing 'buf'