list_alloc.h File Reference

Simple list-based allocator. More...

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Data Structures
struct	l4la_free_t_s
Defines
#define	L4LA_INITIALIZER   { 0 }
Typedefs
typedef struct l4la_free_t_s	l4la_free_t
Functions
L4_CV void	l4la_free (l4la_free_t **first, void *block, l4_size_t size)
	Add free memory to memory pool.
L4_CV void *	l4la_alloc (l4la_free_t **first, l4_size_t size, unsigned align)
	Allocate memory from pool.
L4_CV void	l4la_dump (l4la_free_t **first)
	Show all list members.
L4_CV void	l4la_init (l4la_free_t **first)
	Init memory pool.
L4_CV l4_size_t	l4la_avail (l4la_free_t **first)
	Show available memory in pool.

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Detailed Description

Simple list-based allocator.

Taken from the Fiasco kernel.

Date:

Alexander Warg <aw11os.inf.tu-dresden.de> Frank Mehnert <fm3@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>

Definition in file list_alloc.h.

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Function Documentation

L4_CV void l4la_free	(	l4la_free_t **	first,
		void *	block,
		l4_size_t	size
	)

Add free memory to memory pool.

Parameters:

	first	list identifier
	block	address of unused memory block
	size	size of memory block

L4_CV void* l4la_alloc	(	l4la_free_t **	first,
		l4_size_t	size,
		unsigned	align
	)

Allocate memory from pool.

Parameters:

	first	list identifier
	size	length of memory block to allocate
	align	alignment

L4_CV void l4la_dump

(

l4la_free_t **

first

)

Show all list members.

Parameters:

first

list identifier

L4_CV void l4la_init

(

l4la_free_t **

first

)

Init memory pool.

Parameters:

first

list identifier

L4_CV l4_size_t l4la_avail

(

l4la_free_t **

first

)

Show available memory in pool.

Parameters:

first

list identifier