IHostMalloc Interface

Provides methods that allow the common language runtime (CLR) to request fine-grained allocations from the heap through the host.

Methods

Method

Description

IHostMAlloc::Alloc Method

Requests that the host allocate the requested amount of memory from the heap.

IHostMAlloc::DebugAlloc Method

Requests that the host allocate the requested amount of memory from the heap, and additionally track where the memory was allocated.

IHostMAlloc::Free Method

Frees memory that was allocated by using the Alloc method.

Remarks

The CLR gets an interface pointer to an IHostMalloc instance by calling the IHostMemoryManager::CreateMalloc method.

Requirements

Platforms: See .NET Framework System Requirements.

Header: MSCorEE.h

Library: Included as a resource in MSCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Versions: 4, 3.5 SP1, 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0

See Also

Reference

IHostMemoryManager Interface

Other Resources

Hosting Interfaces