Comment on Sometimes I want to call malloc, just as a treat

• Redkey@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s a persistent dynamic memory allocation that’s accessed by multiple processes! :)

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  • bort@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    multiple processes?!

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    • noli@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      FreeRTOS tasks are basically processes, IIRC other rtoses have similar mechanics too

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      • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you want to get really freaky, try accessing the same flash or RAM from multiple instances of FreeRTOS running on a hypervisor.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lots of microcontrollers have multiple cores now.

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• sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And indeed, with memory mapped files the distinction almost disappears completely.

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