xallocator.h

#ifndef _XALLOCATOR_H
#define _XALLOCATOR_H

#include <stddef.h>
#include "DataTypes.h"

// See http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1084801/Replace-malloc-free-with-a-Fast-Fixed-Block-Memory

#ifdef __cplusplus
// Define AUTOMATIC_XALLOCATOR_INIT_DESTROY to automatically call xalloc_init() and
// xalloc_destroy() when using xallocator in C++ projects. On embedded systems that
// never exit, you can save 1-byte of RAM storage per translation unit by undefining
// AUTOMATIC_XALLOCATOR_INIT_DESTROY and calling xalloc_init() manually before the OS
// starts. 
#define AUTOMATIC_XALLOCATOR_INIT_DESTROY 
#ifdef AUTOMATIC_XALLOCATOR_INIT_DESTROY
/// If a C++ translation unit, create a static instance of XallocInitDestroy. Any C++
/// file including xallocator.h will have the xallocDestroy instance declared first
/// within the translation unit and thus will be constructed first. Destruction 
/// will occur in the reverse order so xallocInitDestroy is called last. This way,
/// any static user objects relying on xallocator will be destroyed first before 
/// xalloc_destroy() is called. 
class XallocInitDestroy
{
public:
	XallocInitDestroy();
	~XallocInitDestroy();
private:
	static INT refCount;
};
static XallocInitDestroy xallocInitDestroy;
#endif	// AUTOMATIC_XALLOCATOR_INIT_DESTROY
#endif	// __cplusplus

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/// This function must be called exactly one time before the operating system
/// threading starts. If using xallocator exclusively in C files within your application
/// code, you must call this function before the OS starts. If using C++, client code
/// does not call xalloc_init. Let XallocInitDestroy() call xalloc_init automatically. 
/// Embedded systems that never exit can call xalloc_init() manually at startup
/// and eliminate XallocInitDestroy usage. When the system is still single threaded at 
/// startup, the xallocator API does not need mutex protection.
void xalloc_init();

/// This function must be called once when the application exits.  Never call xalloc_destroy() 
/// manually except if using xallocator in a C-only application. If using xallocator 
/// exclusively in C files within your application code, you must call this function before 
/// the program exits. If using C++, ~XallocInitDestroy() must call xalloc_destroy automatically.
/// Embedded systems that never exit need not call this function at all. 
void xalloc_destroy();

/// Allocate a block of memory
/// @param[in] size - the size of the block to allocate. 
void *xmalloc(size_t size);

/// Frees a previously xalloc allocated block
/// @param[in] ptr - a pointer to a previously allocated memory using xalloc.
void xfree(void* ptr);

/// Reallocates an existing xalloc block to a new size
/// @param[in] ptr - a pointer to a previously allocated memory using xalloc.
/// @param[in] size - the size of the new block
void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);	

/// Output allocator statistics to the standard output
void xalloc_stats();

// Macro to overload new/delete with xalloc/xfree  
#define XALLOCATOR \
    public: \
        void* operator new(size_t size) { \
            return xmalloc(size); \
        } \
        void operator delete(void* pObject) { \
            xfree(pObject); \
        } 

#ifdef __cplusplus 
}
#endif

#endif