MT_LNKFR/SMS_REHP
This trap frees previously allocated space in a user heap.
| Call Parameters | Return Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| D0.B | $0D | D0.L | Corrupted? |
| D1.L | Size of area to be linked (back) in to the user heap. | D1.L | Corrupted. |
| D2.L | Unused. | D2.L | Corrupted. |
| D3.L | Unused. | D3.L | Corrupted. |
| A0.L | Address of the area of heap/memory to link (back) in to the user heap (Relative A6). | A0.L | Corrupted. |
| A1.L | Pointer to pointer to free space (Relative A6) or zero. | A1.L | Corrupted. |
| A2.L | Unused. | A2.L | Corrupted. |
Errors
No errors are returned by this trap.
Notes
- All registers not shown above are not used on entry and are preserved
on exit.
- A user heap is an area of memory, maybe in the common heap, set aside for use
by a single job. The job can allocate areas of this user heap for its own needs, and deallocate them as required. This stops, or reduces fragmentation of the common heap which is used by every task in the system. See here for more information on heaps.
- If the long word at (A1,A6) is zero, then this trap will create a new user heap at the address in A1.
- If (A1,A6) is not zero, then you are assumed to be releasing a previously allocated
chunk of user heap back into the user heap's free space.
Example
This example show the use of this, and other, heap manipulation traps.
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