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+/*
+ * linear_allocator.h
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2016 Sproute Networks, Inc.
+ *
+ * @author Avneesh Sachdev <avneesh@sproute.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of Quagga.
+ *
+ * Quagga is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Quagga is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; see the file COPYING; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Header file for the linear allocator.
+ *
+ * An allocator that allocates memory by walking down towards the end
+ * of a buffer. No attempt is made to reuse blocks that are freed
+ * subsequently. The assumption is that the buffer is big enough to
+ * cover allocations for a given purpose.
+ */
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/*
+ * Alignment for block allocated by the allocator. Must be a power of 2.
+ */
+#define LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGNMENT 8
+
+#define LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGN(value) \
+ (((value) + LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGNMENT - 1) \
+ & ~(LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGNMENT - 1));
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_align_ptr
+ */
+static inline char *linear_allocator_align_ptr(char *ptr)
+{
+ return (char *)LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGN((intptr_t)ptr);
+}
+
+typedef struct linear_allocator_t_ {
+ char *buf;
+
+ /*
+ * Current location in the buffer.
+ */
+ char *cur;
+
+ /*
+ * End of buffer.
+ */
+ char *end;
+
+ /*
+ * Version number of the allocator, this is bumped up when the allocator
+ * is reset and helps identifies bad frees.
+ */
+ uint32_t version;
+
+ /*
+ * The number of blocks that are currently allocated.
+ */
+ int num_allocated;
+} linear_allocator_t;
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_block_t
+ *
+ * Header structure at the begining of each block.
+ */
+typedef struct linear_allocator_block_t_ {
+ uint32_t flags;
+
+ /*
+ * The version of the allocator when this block was allocated.
+ */
+ uint32_t version;
+ char data[0];
+} linear_allocator_block_t;
+
+#define LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_BLOCK_IN_USE 0x01
+
+#define LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_HDR_SIZE (sizeof(linear_allocator_block_t))
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_block_size
+ *
+ * The total amount of space a block will take in the buffer,
+ * including the size of the header.
+ */
+static inline size_t linear_allocator_block_size(size_t user_size)
+{
+ return LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_ALIGN(LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_HDR_SIZE + user_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_ptr_to_block
+ */
+static inline linear_allocator_block_t *linear_allocator_ptr_to_block(void *ptr)
+{
+ void *block_ptr;
+ block_ptr = ((char *)ptr) - offsetof(linear_allocator_block_t, data);
+ return block_ptr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_init
+ */
+static inline void linear_allocator_init(linear_allocator_t *allocator,
+ char *buf, size_t buf_len)
+{
+ memset(allocator, 0, sizeof(*allocator));
+
+ assert(linear_allocator_align_ptr(buf) == buf);
+ allocator->buf = buf;
+ allocator->cur = buf;
+ allocator->end = buf + buf_len;
+}
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_reset
+ *
+ * Prepare an allocator for reuse.
+ *
+ * *** NOTE ** This implicitly frees all the blocks in the allocator.
+ */
+static inline void linear_allocator_reset(linear_allocator_t *allocator)
+{
+ allocator->num_allocated = 0;
+ allocator->version++;
+ allocator->cur = allocator->buf;
+}
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_alloc
+ */
+static inline void *linear_allocator_alloc(linear_allocator_t *allocator,
+ size_t user_size)
+{
+ size_t block_size;
+ linear_allocator_block_t *block;
+
+ block_size = linear_allocator_block_size(user_size);
+
+ if (allocator->cur + block_size > allocator->end) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ block = (linear_allocator_block_t *)allocator->cur;
+ allocator->cur += block_size;
+
+ block->flags = LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_BLOCK_IN_USE;
+ block->version = allocator->version;
+ allocator->num_allocated++;
+ return block->data;
+}
+
+/*
+ * linear_allocator_free
+ */
+static inline void linear_allocator_free(linear_allocator_t *allocator,
+ void *ptr)
+{
+ linear_allocator_block_t *block;
+
+ if (((char *)ptr) < allocator->buf || ((char *)ptr) >= allocator->end) {
+ assert(0);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ block = linear_allocator_ptr_to_block(ptr);
+ if (block->version != allocator->version) {
+ assert(0);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ block->flags = block->flags & ~LINEAR_ALLOCATOR_BLOCK_IN_USE;
+
+ if (--allocator->num_allocated < 0) {
+ assert(0);
+ }
+}