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From: "Kenneth Porter" <kenneth_porter@kensingtonlabs.com>
To: "Fred Fierling" <fff@microplex.com>
Cc: "ecos-discuss@cygnus.com" <ecos-discuss@cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: [ECOS] TCP/IP Stack for eCos
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:55:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199904280054.UAA06153@dub-img-ims-2.compuserve.com> (raw)

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:07:53 -0700, Fred Fierling wrote:

>A TCP stack that doesn't use malloc? Interesting. Do
>you forbid malloc to avoid problems like memory
>leaks, to guarantee response time, or why?

Perhaps to help in provability? (Ie. guaranteeing the system is valid.)
I expect you could still use buffer pools, instead of a single generic
malloc that handles allocations for all types. In C++ you could use a
class-specific operator new and a private heap for each type.


Kenneth Porter
Kensington Laboratories, Inc.
mailto:kenneth_porter@kensingtonlabs.com
http://www.kensingtonlabs.com




             reply	other threads:[~1999-04-27 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-04-27 17:55 Kenneth Porter [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-09-28 22:04 Prakash R
1999-09-23 15:44 [ECOS] TCP/IP Stack for ECOS Ramana
1999-09-24  9:08 ` Jonathan Larmour
     [not found] <Fred>
     [not found] ` <Fierling's>
     [not found]   ` <message>
     [not found]     ` <of>
     [not found]       ` <Tue,>
     [not found]         ` <04>
     [not found]           ` <May>
     [not found]             ` <99>
     [not found]               ` <12:35:31>
     [not found]                 ` <PDT>
1999-05-04 13:51                   ` [ECOS] TCP/IP Stack for eCos Jay Lepreau
1999-05-04 17:06                     ` Fred Fierling
1999-05-04 17:43                       ` Brendan Simon
1999-05-05  1:54                     ` Fernando D. Mato Mira
1999-05-04  4:36 Jay Lepreau
1999-05-04 12:36 ` Fred Fierling
1999-04-28  1:14 Fernando D. Mato Mira
1999-04-26  7:04 Leonard, Niall
1999-04-23 10:20 Fred Fierling
1999-04-23 12:10 ` Bob Cousins
1999-04-23 13:27   ` Fred Fierling
1999-04-23 16:08     ` Bob Cousins
1999-04-23 17:56       ` Frank W. Miller
1999-04-26  7:02 ` Bart Veer
1999-04-27  6:01   ` Fernando D. Mato Mira
1999-04-27 11:08     ` Fred Fierling

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