Static memory allocation for real-time operating systems

S. A. Zelenova

Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the RAS

Abstract: Critical real-time operating system (RTOS) reliability improvement remains to be a relevant and demanding task. The use of detailed requirements provided by the developers introduces new opportunities in this direction through the memory management facilities. In this paper we present a new approach of static memory allocation in real-time systems with robust memory space partitioning. We propose to design a static memory layout tool based on the formal description of the project memory requirements. The proposed formal requirements are platform agnostic and are based only on the needs of the application software. We introduce general concepts, which allow us to use a universal approach for static memory layout tool creation. We also describe the general scheme of the memory layout algorithm as well as the requirements that must be taken into account when each step of the algorithm is implemented. We tested our approach on real industrial projects and confirmed its versatility, adaptability and effectiveness.

Keywords: real-time operating system, static memory allocation, memory allocation methods, robust partitioning

DOI: 10.15514/ISPRAS-2024-36(3)-3