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vec_header_t Struct Reference

vector header structure More...

Data Fields

u32 len
 Number of elements in vector (NOT its allocated length). More...
 
u32 dlmalloc_header_offset
 offset to memory allocator offset More...
 
u8 vector_data [0]
 Vector data . More...
 

Detailed Description

vector header structure

Bookkeeping header preceding vector elements in memory. User header information may preceed standard vec header. If you change u32 len -> u64 len, single vectors can exceed 2**32 elements. Clib heaps are vectors.

Definition at line 55 of file vec_bootstrap.h.

Field Documentation

◆ dlmalloc_header_offset

u32 vec_header_t::dlmalloc_header_offset

offset to memory allocator offset

Definition at line 61 of file vec_bootstrap.h.

◆ len

u32 vec_header_t::len

Number of elements in vector (NOT its allocated length).

Definition at line 60 of file vec_bootstrap.h.

◆ vector_data

u8 vec_header_t::vector_data[0]

Vector data .

Definition at line 63 of file vec_bootstrap.h.


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