How to make sure no Dynamic Memory is used #Embedded @McuOnEclipse
In many embedded applications, it is mandatory that memory allocation is static and not dynamic. Means that no calls to things like malloc() or free() shall be used in the application, because they might fail at runtime (out of memory, heap fragmentation).
Erich Styger shows some ways to look at your code (and the libraries linked in) to see is dynamic memory allocation is happening.
Dynamic memory allocation and usage is not desired in many applications. To prevent usage of malloc() and free(), it is best to remove any heap definition in the linker file, to cause a linker error. Then the GNU linker cross reference table or the image information can be very useful.
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