source: trunk/libs/newlib/src/libgloss/crx/sbrk.c @ 474

/* sbrk.c -- Implementation of the low-level sbrk() routine
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004 National Semiconductor Corporation
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 */

#include <errno.h>
#include <stddef.h> /* where ptrdiff_t is defined */
#include <stdlib.h>

/* Extend heap space by size bytes.
   Return start of new space allocated, or -1 for errors 
   Error cases:
    1. Allocation is not within heap range */

void * sbrk (ptrdiff_t size)
{
  /*
  * The following two memory locations should be defined in the linker script file
  */
  extern const char _HEAP_START; /* start of heap */
  extern const char _HEAP_MAX;   /* end of heap (maximum value of heap_ptr) */

  static const char * heap_ptr;  /* pointer to head of heap */
  const char * old_heap_ptr;
  static unsigned char init_sbrk = 0;

  /* heap_ptr is initialized to HEAP_START */
  if (init_sbrk == 0) 
  {
    heap_ptr = &_HEAP_START;
    init_sbrk = 1;
  }

  old_heap_ptr = heap_ptr;

  if ((heap_ptr + size) > &_HEAP_MAX)
  { 
    /* top of heap is bigger than _HEAP_MAX */
    errno = ENOMEM;
    return (void *) -1;
  }

  /* success: update heap_ptr and return previous value */
  heap_ptr += size;
  return (void *)old_heap_ptr;
}