* Memory allocation
@ 2000-03-01 0:00 Andreas
2000-03-01 0:00 ` ada_95
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From: Andreas @ 2000-03-01 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi!
How can I find out in Ada95 with GNAT how much memory a program may
allocate (i.e. how much memory is currently free)?
Does anyone have an idea?
(It's not System.Memory_Size, that's for sure :-))
Could you please send replies via e-mail, too.
Thanks in advance
Andreas
Amun_Ra72@gmx.net
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2000-03-01 0:00 Memory allocation Andreas
@ 2000-03-01 0:00 ` ada_95
2000-03-02 0:00 ` ada_95
2000-03-02 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
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From: ada_95 @ 2000-03-01 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <38BCD2B8.503B95FA@gmx.net>,
Andreas <Amun_Ra72@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How can I find out in Ada95 with GNAT how much
memory a program may
> allocate (i.e. how much memory is currently
free)?
> Does anyone have an idea?
> (It's not System.Memory_Size, that's for sure
:-))
>
> Could you please send replies via e-mail, too.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas
> Amun_Ra72@gmx.net
>
>
It is very easy to find how much memory needed
(allocate/deallocate) for a particular access
object. This holds true for any compiler. Here is
an example.
declare
type Integer_Access is access Integer;
Int_Acc : Integer_Access;
begin
Int_Acc := new Integer' (911);
Put_Line ("Size is: " &
Integer'Image (Int_Acc.all'Size));
-- ...
end;
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2000-03-01 0:00 Memory allocation Andreas
2000-03-01 0:00 ` ada_95
@ 2000-03-02 0:00 ` ada_95
2000-03-02 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
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From: ada_95 @ 2000-03-02 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <38BCD2B8.503B95FA@gmx.net>,
Andreas <Amun_Ra72@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How can I find out in Ada95 with GNAT how much memory a program may
> allocate (i.e. how much memory is currently free)?
> Does anyone have an idea?
> (It's not System.Memory_Size, that's for sure :-))
>
> Could you please send replies via e-mail, too.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas
> Amun_Ra72@gmx.net
>
>
It is very easy. Just append .all'Size to your pointer object, the
memory size in bits will be returned. By the way, it is not specific
not GNAT or any other compilers. It is compiler independence.
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* Re: Memory allocation
2000-03-01 0:00 Memory allocation Andreas
2000-03-01 0:00 ` ada_95
2000-03-02 0:00 ` ada_95
@ 2000-03-02 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
2000-03-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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From: Oliver Kellogg @ 2000-03-02 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <38BCD2B8.503B95FA@gmx.net>,
Andreas <Amun_Ra72@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> How can I find out in Ada95 with GNAT how much memory a program may
> allocate (i.e. how much memory is currently free)?
There is no standard way. If you are running Unix then
see the getrlimit() manpage.
-- Oliver
-- okellogg at freenet dot de
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* Re: Memory allocation
2000-03-02 0:00 ` Oliver Kellogg
@ 2000-03-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
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From: Nick Roberts @ 2000-03-05 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Some may find it interesting to note that a (truly) secure operating system
cannot generally provide this specific functionality (how much free memory
is left), in order to avoid a thing called a 'covert channel'.
What it can, and should, provide, however, is a way for a program to say
'reserve x amount of memory exclusively for me'. This needs to be
accompanied by a way to say 'now unreserve it'. Can anybody tell me of an
actual OS that does just this, please?
--
Nick Roberts
http://www.adapower.com/lab/adaos
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* Re: Memory allocation
2000-03-05 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
@ 2000-03-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
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From: Larry Kilgallen @ 2000-03-06 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <38c30e0f@eeyore.callnetuk.com>, "Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@callnetuk.com> writes:
> Some may find it interesting to note that a (truly) secure operating system
> cannot generally provide this specific functionality (how much free memory
> is left), in order to avoid a thing called a 'covert channel'.
Only if the memory pool being measured is shared between security
compartments. In virtual memory operating systems it is fairly
common to allow individual processes to have access to excessive
amounts of "memory" that isn't really there. Obviously timing
channels are possible through the behaviour of the paging system
if it was not designed to isolate compartments from each other
in this regard.
> What it can, and should, provide, however, is a way for a program to say
> 'reserve x amount of memory exclusively for me'. This needs to be
> accompanied by a way to say 'now unreserve it'. Can anybody tell me of an
> actual OS that does just this, please?
VMS lets you lock pages into memory with system service $LCKPAG
and release them with $ULKPAG. That persists despite swapping
activity, which I suppose is what you mean by "exclusively for
me". A lighter-weight call to $LKWSET will ensure that a page
is in physical memory whenever your process is swapped in.
Larry Kilgallen
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