This change introduces a centralized memory allocator in the kernel.
This interface can call into multiple arenas, including the default OS
heap and planned arenas managed by a gint algorithm.
The main advantage of this method is that it allows the heap to be
extended over previously-unused areas of RAM such as the end of the
static RAM region (apart from where the stack resides). Not using the OS
heap is also sometimes a matter of correctness since on some OS versions
the heap is known to fragment badly and degrade over time.
I hope the deep control this interfaces gives over meomry allocation
will allow very particular applications like object-specific allocators
in fragmented SPU memory.
This change does not introduce any new algorithm or arena so programs
should behave exactly as before.
Lephe
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