KosMemAlloc()

This function is declared in the kos/alloc.h file.

void *KosMemAlloc(rtl_size_t size);

This function allocates (reserves and commits) a memory area equal to the specific size of bytes.

This function returns a pointer to the allocated area or RTL_NULL if memory could not be allocated.

Memory allocated by using the KosMemAlloc() function has the following allocation flags: VMM_FLAG_READ | VMM_FLAG_WRITE, VMM_FLAG_RESERVE, VMM_FLAG_COMMIT, VMM_FLAG_LOCKED. To allocate memory with other allocation flags, use the KnVmAllocate() function.