Direct using pvPortMalloc() and vPortFree()

Hi, In my application I need some malloc/free mechanism. Considering that FreeRTOS already has pvPortMalloc() and vPortFree() I plan to use this functions instead of invoacation of the standard library. I have a few questions regarding this: 1. Is it generally OK to use FreeRTOS for heap management not only related to FreeRTOS resources. 2. Are this functions thread safe? 3. I’m currently using heap2. I’ve read about fragmentation problem so I plan to pass to heap4 unless heap_2 has best match allocation? I mean if I’m going to allocate and free blocks of let’s say 100 and 50 bytes in random order am I going to end up with memory luck for 100 bytes block (as all memory will be 50 bytes fragmented)? Thanks.

Direct using pvPortMalloc() and vPortFree()

Yes it is fine to use pvPortMalloc() and vPortFree() in the application. Yes they are thread safe. Best to use heap_4.c Regards.