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diff --git a/include/iprt/mempool.h b/include/iprt/mempool.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d6f73467 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/iprt/mempool.h @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +/** @file + * IPRT - Memory Allocation Pool. + */ + +/* + * Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Oracle Corporation + * + * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as + * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software; + * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU + * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software + * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the + * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the + * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind. + * + * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms + * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0 + * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the + * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the + * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL. + * + * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the + * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both. + */ + +#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_mempool_h +#define IPRT_INCLUDED_mempool_h +#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE +# pragma once +#endif + +#include <iprt/types.h> + +RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN + +/** + * Creates a new memory pool. + * + * @returns IPRT status code. + * + * @param phMemPool Where to return the handle to the new memory + * pool. + * @param pszName The name of the pool (for debug purposes). + */ +RTDECL(int) RTMemPoolCreate(PRTMEMPOOL phMemPool, const char *pszName); + +/** + * Destroys the specified pool, freeing all the memory it contains. + * + * @returns IPRT status code. + * + * @param hMemPool The handle to the pool. The nil handle and + * RTMEMPOOL_DEFAULT are quietly ignored (retval + * VINF_SUCCESS). + */ +RTDECL(int) RTMemPoolDestroy(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool); + +/** + * Allocates memory. + * + * @returns Pointer to the allocated memory. + * @returns NULL on failure. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool to allocate the memory from. + * @param cb Size in bytes of the memory block to allocated. + */ +RTDECL(void *) RTMemPoolAlloc(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, size_t cb) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Allocates zero'd memory. + * + * Instead of memset(pv, 0, sizeof()) use this when you want zero'd + * memory. This keeps the code smaller and the heap can skip the memset + * in about 0.42% of calls :-). + * + * @returns Pointer to the allocated memory. + * @returns NULL on failure. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool to allocate the memory from. + * @param cb Size in bytes of the memory block to allocated. + */ +RTDECL(void *) RTMemPoolAllocZ(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, size_t cb) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Duplicates a chunk of memory into a new heap block. + * + * @returns New heap block with the duplicate data. + * @returns NULL if we're out of memory. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool to allocate the memory from. + * @param pvSrc The memory to duplicate. + * @param cb The amount of memory to duplicate. + */ +RTDECL(void *) RTMemPoolDup(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, const void *pvSrc, size_t cb) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Duplicates a chunk of memory into a new heap block with some + * additional zeroed memory. + * + * @returns New heap block with the duplicate data. + * @returns NULL if we're out of memory. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool to allocate the memory from. + * @param pvSrc The memory to duplicate. + * @param cbSrc The amount of memory to duplicate. + * @param cbExtra The amount of extra memory to allocate and zero. + */ +RTDECL(void *) RTMemPoolDupEx(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, const void *pvSrc, size_t cbSrc, size_t cbExtra) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Reallocates memory. + * + * @returns Pointer to the allocated memory. + * @returns NULL on failure. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool containing the old memory. + * @param pvOld The memory block to reallocate. + * @param cbNew The new block size (in bytes). + */ +RTDECL(void *) RTMemPoolRealloc(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, void *pvOld, size_t cbNew) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Frees memory allocated from a pool. + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool containing the memory. Passing + * NIL here is fine, but it may come at a slight + * performance cost. + * @param pv Pointer to memory block. + * + * @remarks This is the same a RTMemPoolRelease but included here as a separate + * function to simplify code migration. + */ +RTDECL(void) RTMemPoolFree(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, void *pv) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Retains a reference to a memory block in a pool. + * + * @returns New reference count, UINT32_MAX on error (asserted). + * + * @param pv Pointer to memory block. + */ +RTDECL(uint32_t) RTMemPoolRetain(void *pv) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Releases a reference to a memory block in a pool. + * + * @returns New reference count, UINT32_MAX on error (asserted). + * + * @param hMemPool Handle to the pool containing the memory. Passing + * NIL here is fine, but it may come at a slight + * performance cost. + * @param pv Pointer to memory block. + */ +RTDECL(uint32_t) RTMemPoolRelease(RTMEMPOOL hMemPool, void *pv) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + +/** + * Get the current reference count. + * + * @returns The reference count, UINT32_MAX on error (asserted). + * @param pv Pointer to memory block. + */ +RTDECL(uint32_t) RTMemPoolRefCount(void *pv) RT_NO_THROW_PROTO; + + +RT_C_DECLS_END + +#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_mempool_h */ + |