Memory Allocator
Tired of malloc and new?
To get more control of the memory management one can create custom allocators. There are many ways of setting up a custom allocator depending on the needs of the program.
Allocator Types
Region: Allocate memory with an id, release id release all allocated mem.
Static Allocator that gets memory from a specifc address.
Memory pool
Slab: Splits assigned memory into slabs and each slab into slots. Return slots that fit requested memory.
Common allocator functions
Trace allocations. Like mem usage, number, size.
Common allocator options:
Align: Make sure that allocated memory is aligned to a specific byte size.
Canary Add buffer at and before allocations to check for buffer overuns.
Zero: Sets allocated memory to 0.