Function mem_malloc

components/net/lwip/lwip-2.1.2/src/core/mem.c:206–221

* Allocate a block of memory with a minimum of 'size' bytes. * * @param size is the minimum size of the requested block in bytes. * @return pointer to allocated memory or NULL if no free memory was found. * * Note that the returned value must always be aligned (as defined by MEM_ALIGNMENT). */

 * Note that the returned value must always be aligned (as defined by MEM_ALIGNMENT).
 */
void *
mem_malloc(mem_size_t size)
{
  void *ret = mem_clib_malloc(size + MEM_LIBC_STATSHELPER_SIZE);
  if (ret == NULL) {
    MEM_STATS_INC_LOCKED(err);
  } else {
    LWIP_ASSERT("malloc() must return aligned memory", LWIP_MEM_ALIGN(ret) == ret);
#if LWIP_STATS && MEM_STATS
    *(mem_size_t *)ret = size;
    ret = (u8_t *)ret + MEM_LIBC_STATSHELPER_SIZE;
    MEM_STATS_INC_USED_LOCKED(used, size);
#endif
  }
  return ret;
}

/** Put memory back on the heap
 *