[ECOS] handle and structures

[Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>]

Hi,

Most of the objects created cyg_*_create function are refered to by an
handle (type cyg_handle_t) but in the meanwhile they need some memory to be
allocated, which address is usually passed as the  last parameter of the
*_create function (which type is cyg_thread, cyg_interrupt, etc...)

So before to call the _create function I usually do a malloc, and pass the
resulting address to the function. But since the other function to
manipulate the object only need the handle, I don't keep track of the memory
I allocated.

So who can I free the memory after the *_delete function ?
Do I have to keep track of the memory allocation for each new object?
Or can I simply assume that in fact the handle and the pointer are just the
same thing (after a typecast) so I canjust do "free(my_handle)" ?

It seems that it is the case at least for thread objects.

Thanks

A+

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Fabrice Gautier
fabrice_gautier@sdesigns.com