mgdl-alloc.h File Reference

Workaround of windows missing aligned_alloc(aligment, size). More...

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <mgdl/mgdl-types.h>

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Functions
void *	mgdl_AllocateAlignedMemory (sizetype size)
	Use this function when memory needs to be aligned.

Detailed Description

Workaround of windows missing aligned_alloc(aligment, size).

mingw-ucrt on Windows does not have aligned_alloc(alignment, size), so this is a workaround since the alignment is only needed on Wii anyway.

Function Documentation

mgdl_AllocateAlignedMemory()

void * mgdl_AllocateAlignedMemory

(

sizetype

size

)

Use this function when memory needs to be aligned.

Memory needs to be aligned for graphical and audio data on Wii. Anything that is read by gpu or audio device is safest to allocate aligned and also flush

Parameters

size	Size of memory in bytes

Returns

Address of the reserved memory or nullptr on allocation failure.