    StreamBufferHandle_t xStreamBufferGenericCreate( size_t xBufferSizeBytes,
                                                     size_t xTriggerLevelBytes,
                                                     BaseType_t xIsMessageBuffer )
    {
        uint8_t * pucAllocatedMemory;
        uint8_t ucFlags;

        /* In case the stream buffer is going to be used as a message buffer
         * (that is, it will hold discrete messages with a little meta data that
         * says how big the next message is) check the buffer will be large enough
         * to hold at least one message. */
        if( xIsMessageBuffer == pdTRUE )
        {
            /* Is a message buffer but not statically allocated. */
            ucFlags = sbFLAGS_IS_MESSAGE_BUFFER;
            configASSERT( xBufferSizeBytes > sbBYTES_TO_STORE_MESSAGE_LENGTH );
        }
        else
        {
            /* Not a message buffer and not statically allocated. */
            ucFlags = 0;
            configASSERT( xBufferSizeBytes > 0 );
        }

        configASSERT( xTriggerLevelBytes <= xBufferSizeBytes );

        /* A trigger level of 0 would cause a waiting task to unblock even when
         * the buffer was empty. */
        if( xTriggerLevelBytes == ( size_t ) 0 )
        {
            xTriggerLevelBytes = ( size_t ) 1;
        }

        /* A stream buffer requires a StreamBuffer_t structure and a buffer.
         * Both are allocated in a single call to pvPortMalloc().  The
         * StreamBuffer_t structure is placed at the start of the allocated memory
         * and the buffer follows immediately after.  The requested size is
         * incremented so the free space is returned as the user would expect -
         * this is a quirk of the implementation that means otherwise the free
         * space would be reported as one byte smaller than would be logically
         * expected. */
        if( xBufferSizeBytes < ( xBufferSizeBytes + 1 + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ) ) )
        {
            xBufferSizeBytes++;
            pucAllocatedMemory = ( uint8_t * ) pvPortMalloc( xBufferSizeBytes + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ) ); /*lint !e9079 malloc() only returns void*. */
        }
        else
        {
            pucAllocatedMemory = NULL;
        }
        

        if( pucAllocatedMemory != NULL )
        {
            prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pucAllocatedMemory,       /* Structure at the start of the allocated memory. */ /*lint !e9087 Safe cast as allocated memory is aligned. */ /*lint !e826 Area is not too small and alignment is guaranteed provided malloc() behaves as expected and returns aligned buffer. */
                                          pucAllocatedMemory + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ), /* Storage area follows. */ /*lint !e9016 Indexing past structure valid for uint8_t pointer, also storage area has no alignment requirement. */
                                          xBufferSizeBytes,
                                          xTriggerLevelBytes,
                                          ucFlags );

            traceSTREAM_BUFFER_CREATE( ( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pucAllocatedMemory ), xIsMessageBuffer );
        }
        else
        {
            traceSTREAM_BUFFER_CREATE_FAILED( xIsMessageBuffer );
        }

        return ( StreamBufferHandle_t ) pucAllocatedMemory; /*lint !e9087 !e826 Safe cast as allocated memory is aligned. */
    }

    StreamBufferHandle_t xStreamBufferGenericCreate( size_t xBufferSizeBytes,
                                                     size_t xTriggerLevelBytes,
                                                     BaseType_t xIsMessageBuffer )
    {
        uint8_t * pucAllocatedMemory;
        uint8_t ucFlags;

         
        if( xIsMessageBuffer == pdTRUE )
        {
             
            ucFlags = sbFLAGS_IS_MESSAGE_BUFFER;
            configASSERT( xBufferSizeBytes > sbBYTES_TO_STORE_MESSAGE_LENGTH );
        }
        else
        {
             
            ucFlags = 0;
            configASSERT( xBufferSizeBytes > 0 );
        }

        configASSERT( xTriggerLevelBytes <= xBufferSizeBytes );

         
        if( xTriggerLevelBytes == ( size_t ) 0 )
        {
            xTriggerLevelBytes = ( size_t ) 1;
        }

         
        if( xBufferSizeBytes < ( xBufferSizeBytes + 1 + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ) ) )
        {
            xBufferSizeBytes++;
            pucAllocatedMemory = ( uint8_t * ) pvPortMalloc( xBufferSizeBytes + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ) );  
        }
        else
        {
            pucAllocatedMemory = NULL;
        }
        

        if( pucAllocatedMemory != NULL )
        {
            prvInitialiseNewStreamBuffer( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pucAllocatedMemory,            
                                          pucAllocatedMemory + sizeof( StreamBuffer_t ),    
                                          xBufferSizeBytes,
                                          xTriggerLevelBytes,
                                          ucFlags );

            traceSTREAM_BUFFER_CREATE( ( ( StreamBuffer_t * ) pucAllocatedMemory ), xIsMessageBuffer );
        }
        else
        {
            traceSTREAM_BUFFER_CREATE_FAILED( xIsMessageBuffer );
        }

        return ( StreamBufferHandle_t ) pucAllocatedMemory;  
    }
