#ifndef _ALLOC_C_ #define _ALLOC_C_ /* -*- linux-c -*- */ /** @file alloc.c * @brief Memory functions. */ /** @addtogroup alloc Memory Functions * Basic malloc/calloc/free functions. These will be changed so * that memory allocation errors will call a handler. The default will * send a signal to the user-space daemon that will trigger the module to * be unloaded. * @todo Need error handling for memory allocations * @todo Some of these currently use kmalloc (GFP_ATOMIC) for * small allocations. This should be evaluated for performance * and stability. * @{ */ enum errorcode { ERR_NONE=0, ERR_NO_MEM }; enum errorcode _stp_error = ERR_NONE; /** Allocates memory within a probe. * This is used for small allocations from within a running * probe where the process cannot sleep. * @param len Number of bytes to allocate. * @return a valid pointer on success or NULL on failure. * @bug Currently uses kmalloc (GFP_ATOMIC). */ void *_stp_alloc(size_t len) { void *ptr = kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC); if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) _stp_error = ERR_NO_MEM; return ptr; } /** Allocates and clears memory within a probe. * This is used for small allocations from within a running * probe where the process cannot sleep. * @param len Number of bytes to allocate. * @return a valid pointer on success or NULL on failure. * @bug Currently uses kmalloc (GFP_ATOMIC). */ void *_stp_calloc(size_t len) { void *ptr = _stp_alloc(len); if (likely(ptr)) memset(ptr, 0, len); return ptr; } /** Allocates and clears memory outside a probe. * This is typically used in the module initialization to * allocate new maps, lists, etc. * @param len Number of bytes to allocate. * @return a valid pointer on success or NULL on failure. */ void *_stp_valloc(size_t len) { void *ptr = vmalloc(len); if (likely(ptr)) memset(ptr, 0, len); else _stp_error = ERR_NO_MEM; return ptr; } /** Frees memory allocated by _stp_alloc or _stp_calloc. * @param ptr pointer to memory to free */ void _stp_free(void *ptr) { if (likely(ptr)) kfree(ptr); } /** Frees memory allocated by _stp_valloc. * @param ptr pointer to memory to free */ void _stp_vfree(void *ptr) { if (likely(ptr)) vfree(ptr); } /** @} */ #endif /* _ALLOC_C_ */