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authorAlex Auvolat <alex.auvolat@ens.fr>2014-12-26 12:37:30 +0100
committerAlex Auvolat <alex.auvolat@ens.fr>2014-12-26 12:37:30 +0100
commita5dfdd2b3fa91a2cda4f807c88bd35928e3c7a61 (patch)
tree86bbe5558fe35b7263bd2c7859dfb9b4cb634073 /kernel
parent8c247352543c50204314efeb988f9f59d84f5019 (diff)
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-rw-r--r--kernel/include/buffer.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/include/hashtbl.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/lib/buffer.c8
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/include/buffer.h b/kernel/include/buffer.h
index 577ceae..c47e2b4 100644
--- a/kernel/include/buffer.h
+++ b/kernel/include/buffer.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
// enabling the creation, sharing, slicing and concatenation of buffers
// without having to copy everything each time
+// Buffers are always allocated on the core kernel heap (kmalloc/kfree)
+
// Once a buffer is allocated, its contents is immutable
// Encoding and decoding functions for buffer contents are provided in
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ size_t buffer_len(buffer_t* buf);
size_t read_buffer(buffer_t* buf, char* to, size_t begin, size_t n); // returns num of bytes read
buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes(const char* data, size_t n); // bytes are COPIED
-buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n); // bytes are NOT COPIED
+buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n, bool own_bytes); // bytes are NOT COPIED
// these functions GIVE the buffer in order to create the new buffer, ie they do not increase RC
// the buffer is NOT GIVED if the new buffer could not be created (ie retval == 0)
diff --git a/kernel/include/hashtbl.h b/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
index 984aa70..16dfefb 100644
--- a/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
+++ b/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
// Supports adding, seeking, removing
// When adding a binding to the table, the previous binding for same key (if exists) is removed
+// TODO : possibility to allocate the hashtbl structure on any heap
+// (currently uses kmalloc/kfree)
+
struct hashtbl;
typedef struct hashtbl hashtbl_t;
diff --git a/kernel/lib/buffer.c b/kernel/lib/buffer.c
index 4d168e0..d2f9644 100644
--- a/kernel/lib/buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/lib/buffer.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ size_t read_buffer(buffer_t *b, char* dest, size_t begin, size_t n) {
// BUFFER CREATION FUNCTIONS //
// ========================= //
-buffer_t *buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n) {
+buffer_t *buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n, bool own_bytes) {
buffer_t *b = (buffer_t*)kmalloc(sizeof(buffer_t));
if (b == 0) return 0;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ buffer_t *buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n) {
b->type = T_BYTES;
b->len = n;
b->bytes.data = data;
- b->bytes.owned = false;
+ b->bytes.owned = own_bytes;
return b;
}
@@ -109,14 +109,12 @@ buffer_t *buffer_from_bytes(const char* data, size_t n) {
memcpy(data2, data, n);
- buffer_t *b = buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(data2, n);
+ buffer_t *b = buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(data2, n, true);
if (b == 0) {
kfree(data2);
return 0;
}
- b->bytes.owned = true;
-
return b;
}