I am looking for a syntax to allocate memory from a secondary memory device and not from the default heap.
How can i implement it? Using malloc()
would by default take it from heap... Surely there must be another way!
I am looking for a syntax to allocate memory from a secondary memory device and not from the default heap.
How can i implement it? Using malloc()
would by default take it from heap... Surely there must be another way!
#include <new>
void* operator new(std::size_t size) throw(std::bad_alloc) {
while (true) {
void* result = allocate_from_some_other_source(size);
if (result) return result;
std::new_handler nh = std::set_new_handler(0);
std::set_new_handler(nh); // put it back
// this is clumsy, I know, but there's no portable way to query the current
// new handler without replacing it
// you don't have to use new handlers if you don't want to
if (!nh) throw std::bad_alloc();
nh();
}
}
void operator delete(void* ptr) throw() {
if (ptr) { // if your deallocation function must not receive null pointers
// then you must check first
// checking first regardless always works correctly, if you're unsure
deallocate_from_some_other_source(ptr);
}
}
void* operator new[](std::size_t size) throw(std::bad_alloc) {
return operator new(size); // defer to non-array version
}
void operator delete[](void* ptr) throw() {
operator delete(ptr); // defer to non-array version
}
You'd have to build or adapt your own heap manager, and overload new
and delete
, as well as new[]
and delete[]
. Initialize the heap manager with the special memory.