1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 //! Implementation of the kernel's memory allocation infrastructure.
5 #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
11 #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
12 pub mod allocator_test;
14 #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
15 pub use self::allocator_test as allocator;
17 pub use self::kbox::Box;
18 pub use self::kbox::KBox;
19 pub use self::kbox::KVBox;
20 pub use self::kbox::VBox;
22 pub use self::kvec::IntoIter;
23 pub use self::kvec::KVVec;
24 pub use self::kvec::KVec;
25 pub use self::kvec::VVec;
26 pub use self::kvec::Vec;
28 /// Indicates an allocation error.
29 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
30 pub struct AllocError;
31 use core::{alloc::Layout, ptr::NonNull};
33 /// Flags to be used when allocating memory.
35 /// They can be combined with the operators `|`, `&`, and `!`.
37 /// Values can be used from the [`flags`] module.
38 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
39 pub struct Flags(u32);
42 /// Get the raw representation of this flag.
43 pub(crate) fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
47 /// Check whether `flags` is contained in `self`.
48 pub fn contains(self, flags: Flags) -> bool {
49 (self & flags) == flags
53 impl core::ops::BitOr for Flags {
55 fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
60 impl core::ops::BitAnd for Flags {
62 fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
67 impl core::ops::Not for Flags {
69 fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
76 /// These are meant to be used in functions that can allocate memory.
80 /// Zeroes out the allocated memory.
82 /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
83 pub const __GFP_ZERO: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_ZERO);
85 /// Allow the allocation to be in high memory.
87 /// Allocations in high memory may not be mapped into the kernel's address space, so this can't
88 /// be used with `kmalloc` and other similar methods.
90 /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
91 pub const __GFP_HIGHMEM: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_HIGHMEM);
93 /// Users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed.
95 /// A lower watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". The current
96 /// implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict non-preemptive contexts (e.g.
97 /// raw_spin_lock). The same applies to [`GFP_NOWAIT`].
98 pub const GFP_ATOMIC: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_ATOMIC);
100 /// Typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone
101 /// for direct access but can direct reclaim.
102 pub const GFP_KERNEL: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL);
104 /// The same as [`GFP_KERNEL`], except the allocation is accounted to kmemcg.
105 pub const GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
107 /// For kernel allocations that should not stall for direct reclaim, start physical IO or
108 /// use any filesystem callback. It is very likely to fail to allocate memory, even for very
109 /// small allocations.
110 pub const GFP_NOWAIT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_NOWAIT);
112 /// Suppresses allocation failure reports.
114 /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
115 pub const __GFP_NOWARN: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_NOWARN);
118 /// The kernel's [`Allocator`] trait.
120 /// An implementation of [`Allocator`] can allocate, re-allocate and free memory buffers described
123 /// [`Allocator`] is designed to be implemented as a ZST; [`Allocator`] functions do not operate on
124 /// an object instance.
126 /// In order to be able to support `#[derive(SmartPointer)]` later on, we need to avoid a design
127 /// that requires an `Allocator` to be instantiated, hence its functions must not contain any kind
128 /// of `self` parameter.
132 /// - A memory allocation returned from an allocator must remain valid until it is explicitly freed.
134 /// - Any pointer to a valid memory allocation must be valid to be passed to any other [`Allocator`]
135 /// function of the same type.
137 /// - Implementers must ensure that all trait functions abide by the guarantees documented in the
138 /// `# Guarantees` sections.
139 pub unsafe trait Allocator {
140 /// Allocate memory based on `layout` and `flags`.
142 /// On success, returns a buffer represented as `NonNull<[u8]>` that satisfies the layout
143 /// constraints (i.e. minimum size and alignment as specified by `layout`).
145 /// This function is equivalent to `realloc` when called with `None`.
149 /// When the return value is `Ok(ptr)`, then `ptr` is
150 /// - valid for reads and writes for `layout.size()` bytes, until it is passed to
151 /// [`Allocator::free`] or [`Allocator::realloc`],
152 /// - aligned to `layout.align()`,
154 /// Additionally, `Flags` are honored as documented in
155 /// <https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/mm-api.html#mm-api-gfp-flags>.
156 fn alloc(layout: Layout, flags: Flags) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError> {
157 // SAFETY: Passing `None` to `realloc` is valid by its safety requirements and asks for a
158 // new memory allocation.
159 unsafe { Self::realloc(None, layout, Layout::new::<()>(), flags) }
162 /// Re-allocate an existing memory allocation to satisfy the requested `layout`.
164 /// If the requested size is zero, `realloc` behaves equivalent to `free`.
166 /// If the requested size is larger than the size of the existing allocation, a successful call
167 /// to `realloc` guarantees that the new or grown buffer has at least `Layout::size` bytes, but
168 /// may also be larger.
170 /// If the requested size is smaller than the size of the existing allocation, `realloc` may or
171 /// may not shrink the buffer; this is implementation specific to the allocator.
173 /// On allocation failure, the existing buffer, if any, remains valid.
175 /// The buffer is represented as `NonNull<[u8]>`.
179 /// - If `ptr == Some(p)`, then `p` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation
180 /// created by this [`Allocator`]; if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a
181 /// pointer returned by this [`Allocator`].
182 /// - `ptr` is allowed to be `None`; in this case a new memory allocation is created and
183 /// `old_layout` is ignored.
184 /// - `old_layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
188 /// This function has the same guarantees as [`Allocator::alloc`]. When `ptr == Some(p)`, then
189 /// it additionally guarantees that:
190 /// - the contents of the memory pointed to by `p` are preserved up to the lesser of the new
191 /// and old size, i.e. `ret_ptr[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())] ==
192 /// p[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())]`.
193 /// - when the return value is `Err(AllocError)`, then `ptr` is still valid.
195 ptr: Option<NonNull<u8>>,
199 ) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError>;
201 /// Free an existing memory allocation.
205 /// - `ptr` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation created by this [`Allocator`];
206 /// if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a pointer returned by this
208 /// - `layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
209 /// - The memory allocation at `ptr` must never again be read from or written to.
210 unsafe fn free(ptr: NonNull<u8>, layout: Layout) {
211 // SAFETY: The caller guarantees that `ptr` points at a valid allocation created by this
212 // allocator. We are passing a `Layout` with the smallest possible alignment, so it is
213 // smaller than or equal to the alignment previously used with this allocation.
214 let _ = unsafe { Self::realloc(Some(ptr), Layout::new::<()>(), layout, Flags(0)) };
218 /// Returns a properly aligned dangling pointer from the given `layout`.
219 pub(crate) fn dangling_from_layout(layout: Layout) -> NonNull<u8> {
220 let ptr = layout.align() as *mut u8;
222 // SAFETY: `layout.align()` (and hence `ptr`) is guaranteed to be non-zero.
223 unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }