void *ei_malloc(size_t size);
Brief: Wrapper around malloc
Location: edge-impulse-sdk/porting/ei_classifier_porting.h
Blocking: Depends on user implementation
Description:
ei_malloc() is declared internally in the Edge Impulse SDK library, and the function must be defined by the user.
This function should allocate size bytes and return a pointer to the allocated memory. In bare-metal implementations, it can simply be a wrapper for malloc(). For example:
__attribute__((weak)) void *ei_malloc(size_t size) {
return malloc(size);
}
If you intend to run your impulse in a multi-threaded environment, you will need to ensure that your implementation of ei_malloc() is thread-safe. For example, if you are using FreeRTOS, here is one possible implementation:
__attribute__((weak)) void *ei_malloc(size_t size) {
return pvPortMalloc(size);
}
Parameters:
size- [input] Number of bytes to allocate
Returns:
Pointer to the allocated memory. Should return NULL if there was an error allocating memory.
Example:
The following examples demonstrate possible implementations of this function for various platforms. Note the __attribute__((weak)) in most of the definitions, which means that a user could override the implementation elsewhere in the program: