24 See \fB\\$1\fP for details.
27 See \fB\\$1\fP in \fB\\$2\fP for details.
31 pool_alloc, pool_free, pool_free_old, pool_talloc, pool_tfree, pool_create, pool_destroy, pool_boundary
32 \- Allocate and free memory in managed allocation pools.
34 .B #include "pool_alloc.h"
36 \fBstruct alloc_pool *pool_create(size_t \fIsize\fB, size_t \fIquantum\fB, void (*\fIbomb\fB)(char *), int \fIflags\fB);
38 \fBvoid pool_destroy(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB);
40 \fBvoid *pool_alloc(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, size_t \fIsize\fB, char *\fImsg\fB);
42 \fBvoid pool_free(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, size_t \fIsize\fB, void *\fIaddr\fB);
44 \fBvoid pool_free_old(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, void *\fIaddr\fB);
46 \fBvoid *pool_talloc(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, \fItype\fB), int \fIcount\fB, char *\fImsg\fB);
48 \fBvoid pool_tfree(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, \fItype\fB, int \fIcount\fB, void *\fIaddr\fB);
50 \fBvoid pool_boundary(struct alloc_pool *\fIpool\fB, sise_t \fIsize\fB);
53 The pool allocation routines use
55 for underlying memory management.
56 What allocation pools do is cause memory within a given pool
57 to be allocated in large contiguous blocks
58 (called extents) that will be reusable when freed. Unlike
60 the allocations are not managed individually.
61 Instead, each extent tracks the total free memory within the
62 extent. Each extent can either be used to allocate memory
63 or to manage the freeing of memory within that extent.
64 When an extent has less free memory than a given
65 allocation request, the current extent ceases to be used
66 for allocation. See also the
70 This form of memory management is suited to large numbers of small
71 related allocations that are held for a while
72 and then freed as a group.
74 underlying allocations are done in large contiguous extents,
75 when an extent is freed, it can release a large enough
76 contiguous block of memory to allow the memory to be returned
77 to the OS for use by whatever program needs it.
78 You can allocate from one or more memory pools and/or
80 all at the same time without interfering with how pools work.
83 Creates an allocation pool for subsequent calls to the pool
85 When an extent is created for allocations it will be
88 Allocations from the pool have their sizes rounded up to a
96 will produce a quantum that should meet maximal alignment
102 allocations will be aligned to addresses that are a
109 all allocations from the pool will be initialized to zeros.
114 function pointer if you don't wish to use it. (See the
116 function for how it is used.)
119 destroys an allocation
121 and frees all its associated memory.
126 bytes from the specified
133 bytes will be allocated.
134 If the pool has been created with
136 every chunk of memory that is returned will be suitably aligned.
137 You can use this with the default
139 size to ensure that all memory can store a variable of any type.
140 If the requested memory cannot be allocated, the
142 function will be called with
144 as its sole argument (if the function was defined at the time
145 the pool was created), and then a
147 address is returned (assuming that the bomb function didn't exit).
152 bytes pointed to by an
154 that was previously allocated in the specified
162 The memory freed within an extent will not be reusable until
163 all of the memory in that extent has been freed with one
164 exception: the most recent pool allocation may be freed back
165 into the pool prior to making any further allocations.
166 If enough free calls are made to indicate that an extent has no
167 remaining allocated objects (as computed by the total freed size for
168 an extent), its memory will be completely freed back to the system.
173 no memory will be freed, but subsequent allocations will come
179 value that was returned by
181 and frees up any extents in the
183 that have data allocated from that point backward in time.
184 NOTE: you must NOT mix calls to both
191 asks for a boundary value that can be sent to
193 at a later time to free up all memory allocated prior to a particular
195 If the extent that holds the boundary point has allocations from after the
196 boundary point, it will not be freed until a future
198 call encompasses the entirety of the extent's data.
201 is non-zero, the call will also check if the active extent has at least
202 that much free memory available in it, and if not, it will mark the
203 extent as inactive, forcing a new extent to be used for future allocations.
204 (You can specify -1 for
206 if you want to force a new extent to start.)
209 is a macro that takes a
215 It casts the return value to the correct pointer type.
218 is a macro that calls
220 on memory that was allocated by
225 .BR "struct alloc_pool" .
230 return pointers to the allocated memory,
231 or NULL if the request fails.
234 will normally require casting to the desired type but
236 will returns a pointer of the requested
240 returns a pointer that should only be used in a call to
241 .BR pool_free_old() .
244 .BR pool_free_old() ,
253 pool_alloc was created by J.W. Schultz of Pegasystems Technologies.