malloc.h File Reference

Dynamic memory allocation. More...

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ipxe/list.h>
#include <ipxe/tables.h>
#include <valgrind/memcheck.h>

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Data Structures
struct	heap
	A heap. More...
struct	cache_discarder
	A cache discarder. More...

Macros
#define	NOWHERE   ( ( void * ) ~( ( intptr_t ) 0 ) )
	Address for zero-length memory blocks.
#define	CACHE_DISCARDERS   __table ( struct cache_discarder, "cache_discarders" )
	Cache discarder table.
#define	__cache_discarder(cost)
	Declare a cache discarder.
#define	CACHE_CHEAP   01
	Items with a low replacement cost.
#define	CACHE_NORMAL   02
	Items with a normal replacement cost.
#define	CACHE_EXPENSIVE   03
	Items with a high replacement cost.

Functions
	FILE_LICENCE (GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL)
	FILE_SECBOOT (PERMITTED)
void *	heap_realloc (struct heap *heap, void *old_ptr, size_t new_size)
	Reallocate memory.
void	heap_dump (struct heap *heap)
	Dump free block list (for debugging).
void	heap_populate (struct heap *heap, void *start, size_t len)
	Add memory to allocation pool.
void *__malloc	malloc_phys_offset (size_t size, size_t phys_align, size_t offset)
	Allocate memory with specified physical alignment and offset.
void *__malloc	malloc_phys (size_t size, size_t phys_align)
	Allocate memory with specified physical alignment.
void	free_phys (void *ptr, size_t size)
	Free memory allocated with malloc_phys().

Detailed Description

Dynamic memory allocation.

Definition in file malloc.h.

Macro Definition Documentation

NOWHERE

#define NOWHERE   ( ( void * ) ~( ( intptr_t ) 0 ) )

Address for zero-length memory blocks.

malloc(0) or realloc(ptr,0) will return the special value NOWHERE. Calling free(NOWHERE) will have no effect.

This is consistent with the ANSI C standards, which state that "either NULL or a pointer suitable to be passed to free()" must be returned in these cases. Using a special non-NULL value means that the caller can take a NULL return value to indicate failure, without first having to check for a requested size of zero.

Code outside of the memory allocators themselves does not ever need to refer to the actual value of NOWHERE; this is an internal definition.

Definition at line 42 of file malloc.h.

Referenced by efi_urealloc(), heap_realloc(), and zfree().

CACHE_DISCARDERS

#define CACHE_DISCARDERS   __table ( struct cache_discarder, "cache_discarders" )

Cache discarder table.

Definition at line 103 of file malloc.h.

Referenced by discard_cache().

__cache_discarder

#define __cache_discarder

(

cost

)

Value:

__table_entry ( CACHE_DISCARDERS, cost )

Declare a cache discarder.

Definition at line 106 of file malloc.h.

Referenced by __cache_discarder(), and __cache_discarder().

Function Documentation

FILE_LICENCE()

FILE_LICENCE

(

GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL

)

FILE_SECBOOT()

FILE_SECBOOT

(

PERMITTED

)

heap_realloc()

void * heap_realloc ( struct heap * heap, void * old_ptr, size_t new_size )

extern

Reallocate memory.

Parameters

heap	Heap
old_ptr	Memory previously allocated by heap_realloc(), or NULL
new_size	Requested size

Return values

new_ptr

Allocated memory, or NULL

Allocates memory with no particular alignment requirement. new_ptr will be aligned to at least a multiple of sizeof(void*). If old_ptr is non-NULL, then the contents of the newly allocated memory will be the same as the contents of the previously allocated memory, up to the minimum of the old and new sizes. The old memory will be freed.

If allocation fails the previously allocated block is left untouched and NULL is returned.

Calling heap_realloc() with a new size of zero is a valid way to free a memory block.

Definition at line 593 of file malloc.c.

                                                                          {
        struct autosized_block *old_block;
        struct autosized_block *new_block;
        size_t old_total_size;
        size_t new_total_size;
        size_t old_size;
        size_t offset = offsetof ( struct autosized_block, data );
        void *new_ptr = NOWHERE;
 
        /* Allocate new memory if necessary.  If allocation fails,
         * return without touching the old block.
         */
        if ( new_size ) {
                new_total_size = ( new_size + offset );
                if ( new_total_size < new_size )
                        return NULL;
                new_block = heap_alloc_block ( heap, new_total_size,
                                               heap->ptr_align, -offset );
                if ( ! new_block )
                        return NULL;
                new_block->size = new_total_size;
                VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS ( &new_block->size,
                                             sizeof ( new_block->size ) );
                new_ptr = &new_block->data;
                VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK ( new_ptr, new_size, 0, 0 );
                assert ( ( ( ( intptr_t ) new_ptr ) &
                           ( heap->ptr_align - 1 ) ) == 0 );
        }
 
        /* Copy across relevant part of the old data region (if any),
         * then free it.  Note that at this point either (a) new_ptr
         * is valid, or (b) new_size is 0; either way, the memcpy() is
         * valid.
         */
        if ( old_ptr && ( old_ptr != NOWHERE ) ) {
                old_block = container_of ( old_ptr, struct autosized_block,
                                           data );
                VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED ( &old_block->size,
                                            sizeof ( old_block->size ) );
                old_total_size = old_block->size;
                assert ( old_total_size != 0 );
                old_size = ( old_total_size - offset );
                memcpy ( new_ptr, old_ptr,
                         ( ( old_size < new_size ) ? old_size : new_size ) );
                VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK ( old_ptr, 0 );
                heap_free_block ( heap, old_block, old_total_size );
        }
 
        if ( ASSERTED ) {
                DBGC ( heap, "HEAP detected possible memory corruption "
                       "from %p\n", __builtin_return_address ( 0 ) );
        }
        return new_ptr;
}

References assert, ASSERTED, container_of, autosized_block::data, data, DBGC, heap_alloc_block(), heap_free_block(), memcpy(), NOWHERE, NULL, offset, offsetof, heap::ptr_align, autosized_block::size, VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK, VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED, VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS, and VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK.

Referenced by realloc(), and uheap_realloc().

heap_dump()

void heap_dump ( struct heap * heap )

extern

Dump free block list (for debugging).

Definition at line 875 of file malloc.c.

                                     {
        struct memory_block *block;
 
        dbg_printf ( "HEAP free block list:\n" );
        list_for_each_entry ( block, &heap->blocks, list ) {
                dbg_printf ( "...[%p,%p] (size %#zx)\n", block,
                             ( ( ( void * ) block ) + block->size ),
                             block->size );
        }
}

References block, heap::blocks, dbg_printf(), memory_block::list, and list_for_each_entry.

heap_populate()

void heap_populate ( struct heap * heap, void * start, size_t len )

extern

Add memory to allocation pool.

Parameters

heap	Heap
start	Start address
len	Length of memory

Adds a block of memory to the allocation pool. The memory must be aligned to the heap's required free memory block alignment.

Definition at line 821 of file malloc.c.

                                                                  {
 
        /* Sanity checks */
        assert ( ( virt_to_phys ( start ) & ( heap->align - 1 ) ) == 0 );
        assert ( ( len & ( heap->align - 1 ) ) == 0 );
 
        /* Add to allocation pool */
        heap_free_block ( heap, start, len );
 
        /* Fix up memory usage statistics */
        heap->usedmem += len;
}

References heap::align, assert, heap_free_block(), len, start, and heap::usedmem.

Referenced by init_heap(), and uheap_grow().

malloc_phys_offset()

void *__malloc malloc_phys_offset ( size_t size, size_t phys_align, size_t offset )

extern

Allocate memory with specified physical alignment and offset.

Parameters

size	Requested size
align	Physical alignment
offset	Offset from physical alignment

Return values

ptr	Memory, or NULL

align must be a power of two. size may not be zero.

Definition at line 767 of file malloc.c.

                                                                            {
        void * ptr;
 
        assert ( phys_align != 0 );
        ptr = heap_alloc_block ( &heap, size, phys_align, offset );
        if ( ptr && size ) {
                assert ( ( ( virt_to_phys ( ptr ) ^ offset ) &
                           ( phys_align - 1 ) ) == 0 );
                VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK ( ptr, size, 0, 0 );
        }
        return ptr;
}

References assert, heap_alloc_block(), offset, size, and VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK.

Referenced by alloc_iob_raw(), and malloc_phys().

malloc_phys()

void *__malloc malloc_phys ( size_t size, size_t phys_align )

extern

Allocate memory with specified physical alignment.

Parameters

size	Requested size
align	Physical alignment

Return values

ptr	Memory, or NULL

align must be a power of two. size may not be zero.

Definition at line 789 of file malloc.c.

                                                      {
 
        return malloc_phys_offset ( size, phys_align, 0 );
}

References malloc_phys_offset(), and size.

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free_phys()

void free_phys ( void * ptr, size_t size )

extern

Free memory allocated with malloc_phys().

Parameters

ptr	Memory allocated by malloc_phys(), or NULL
size	Size of memory, as passed to malloc_phys()

Memory allocated with malloc_phys() can only be freed with free_phys(); it cannot be freed with the standard free().

If ptr is NULL, no action is taken.

Definition at line 805 of file malloc.c.

                                          {
 
        VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK ( ptr, 0 );
        heap_free_block ( &heap, ptr, size );
}

References heap_free_block(), size, and VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK.

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