Function platform_alloc

loader/windows/src/platform.c:94–112

* <!-- description --> * @brief This function allocates read/write virtual memory from the * kernel. This memory is not physically contiguous. The resulting * pointer is at least 4k aligned, so use this function sparingly * as it will always allocate at least one page. Use platform_free() * to release this memory. * * @note This function must zero the allocated memory *

 *     Returns a nullptr on failure.
 */
NODISCARD void *
platform_alloc(uint64_t const size) NOEXCEPT
{
    void *ret;

    if (0 == size) {
        bferror("invalid number of bytes (i.e., size)");
        return NULLPTR;
    }

    ret = ExAllocatePoolWithTag(NonPagedPool, size, BF_TAG);
    if (NULLPTR == ret) {
        bferror("vmalloc failed");
        return NULLPTR;
    }

    RtlFillMemory(ret, size, 0);
    return ret;
}

/**
 * <!-- description -->