Changeset b0beb9b1 in mainline for kernel/generic/include/mm/slab.h

Timestamp:

2018-11-16T15:34:08Z (5 years ago)

Author:

GitHub <noreply@…>

Branches:

lfn, master, serial, ticket/834-toolchain-update, topic/msim-upgrade, topic/simplify-dev-export

Children:

d230358

Parents:

64f85f5 (diff), bcd4dd4 (diff)
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git-author:

Jiří Zárevúcky <zarevucky.jiri@…> (2018-11-16 15:34:08)

git-committer:

GitHub <noreply@…> (2018-11-16 15:34:08)

Message:

Modify kernel malloc() (#58)

This new implementation places the allocation size in front of the allocated
object, instead of relying on the slab allocator being able to determine source
slab cache for an object. This should help reduce complexity of the memory
management subsystem (further changes coming).

The drawback is more memory consumed by small malloc() allocations, however that
can be mitigated by switching to an API where the user provides known object
size to deallocation (most users know it either statically or from length they
necessarily remember).

File:

• kernel/generic/include/mm/slab.h (modified) (1 diff)

kernel/generic/include/mm/slab.h

@@ -40 +40 @@
 #include <atomic.h>
 #include <mm/frame.h>
-
-/** Minimum size to be allocated by malloc */
-#define SLAB_MIN_MALLOC_W  4
-
-/** Maximum size to be allocated by malloc */
-#define SLAB_MAX_MALLOC_W  22
 
 /** Initial Magazine size (TODO: dynamically growing magazines) */