Re: [linux-audio-dev] malloc() in RT code considered not-so-harmful?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] malloc() in RT code considered not-so-harmful?
From: Ralf Beck (musical_snake_AT_gmx.de)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 06:58:25 EEST

Am Dienstag, 13. Juli 2004 22:50 schrieb Steve Harris:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 10:21:23 -0700, Joshua Haberman wrote:
> > >Its not my experieince that you usually need to allocate memory in RT
> > >threads, the times when I've seen it done are mostly <generalisation>
> > >bacuase of bad design, excessive OO-ness or lack of knowledge of
> > >alloca(3) </generalisation>.
> >

malloc does not guarantee, that the allocated memory is locked into physical
memory.
To say it short: A RT thread must NEVER call a function that might block!!

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