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linux/mm/mempool.c


  1 /*
  2  *  linux/mm/mempool.c
  3  *
  4  *  memory buffer pool support. Such pools are mostly used
  5  *  for guaranteed, deadlock-free memory allocations during
  6  *  extreme VM load.
  7  *
  8  *  started by Ingo Molnar, Copyright (C) 2001
  9  */
 10 
 11 #include <linux/mm.h>
 12 #include <linux/slab.h>
 13 #include <linux/module.h>
 14 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 15 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 16 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 17 
 18 static void add_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
 19 {
 20         BUG_ON(pool->curr_nr >= pool->min_nr);
 21         pool->elements[pool->curr_nr++] = element;
 22 }
 23 
 24 static void *remove_element(mempool_t *pool)
 25 {
 26         BUG_ON(pool->curr_nr <= 0);
 27         return pool->elements[--pool->curr_nr];
 28 }
 29 
 30 static void free_pool(mempool_t *pool)
 31 {
 32         while (pool->curr_nr) {
 33                 void *element = remove_element(pool);
 34                 pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
 35         }
 36         kfree(pool->elements);
 37         kfree(pool);
 38 }
 39 
 40 /**
 41  * mempool_create - create a memory pool
 42  * @min_nr:    the minimum number of elements guaranteed to be
 43  *             allocated for this pool.
 44  * @alloc_fn:  user-defined element-allocation function.
 45  * @free_fn:   user-defined element-freeing function.
 46  * @pool_data: optional private data available to the user-defined functions.
 47  *
 48  * this function creates and allocates a guaranteed size, preallocated
 49  * memory pool. The pool can be used from the mempool_alloc and mempool_free
 50  * functions. This function might sleep. Both the alloc_fn() and the free_fn()
 51  * functions might sleep - as long as the mempool_alloc function is not called
 52  * from IRQ contexts.
 53  */
 54 mempool_t * mempool_create(int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
 55                                 mempool_free_t *free_fn, void *pool_data)
 56 {
 57         mempool_t *pool;
 58 
 59         pool = kmalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
 60         if (!pool)
 61                 return NULL;
 62         memset(pool, 0, sizeof(*pool));
 63         pool->elements = kmalloc(min_nr * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
 64         if (!pool->elements) {
 65                 kfree(pool);
 66                 return NULL;
 67         }
 68         spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
 69         pool->min_nr = min_nr;
 70         pool->pool_data = pool_data;
 71         init_waitqueue_head(&pool->wait);
 72         pool->alloc = alloc_fn;
 73         pool->free = free_fn;
 74 
 75         /*
 76          * First pre-allocate the guaranteed number of buffers.
 77          */
 78         while (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
 79                 void *element;
 80 
 81                 element = pool->alloc(GFP_KERNEL, pool->pool_data);
 82                 if (unlikely(!element)) {
 83                         free_pool(pool);
 84                         return NULL;
 85                 }
 86                 add_element(pool, element);
 87         }
 88         return pool;
 89 }
 90 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_create);
 91 
 92 /**
 93  * mempool_resize - resize an existing memory pool
 94  * @pool:       pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
 95  *              mempool_create().
 96  * @new_min_nr: the new minimum number of elements guaranteed to be
 97  *              allocated for this pool.
 98  * @gfp_mask:   the usual allocation bitmask.
 99  *
100  * This function shrinks/grows the pool. In the case of growing,
101  * it cannot be guaranteed that the pool will be grown to the new
102  * size immediately, but new mempool_free() calls will refill it.
103  *
104  * Note, the caller must guarantee that no mempool_destroy is called
105  * while this function is running. mempool_alloc() & mempool_free()
106  * might be called (eg. from IRQ contexts) while this function executes.
107  */
108 int mempool_resize(mempool_t *pool, int new_min_nr, int gfp_mask)
109 {
110         void *element;
111         void **new_elements;
112         unsigned long flags;
113 
114         BUG_ON(new_min_nr <= 0);
115 
116         spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
117         if (new_min_nr < pool->min_nr) {
118                 while (pool->curr_nr > new_min_nr) {
119                         element = remove_element(pool);
120                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
121                         pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
122                         spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
123                 }
124                 pool->min_nr = new_min_nr;
125                 goto out_unlock;
126         }
127         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
128 
129         /* Grow the pool */
130         new_elements = kmalloc(new_min_nr * sizeof(*new_elements), gfp_mask);
131         if (!new_elements)
132                 return -ENOMEM;
133 
134         spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
135         memcpy(new_elements, pool->elements,
136                         pool->curr_nr * sizeof(*new_elements));
137         kfree(pool->elements);
138         pool->elements = new_elements;
139         pool->min_nr = new_min_nr;
140 
141         while (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
142                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
143                 element = pool->alloc(gfp_mask, pool->pool_data);
144                 if (!element)
145                         goto out;
146                 spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
147                 if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
148                         add_element(pool, element);
149                 } else {
150                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
151                         pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);   /* Raced */
152                         spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
153                 }
154         }
155 out_unlock:
156         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
157 out:
158         return 0;
159 }
160 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_resize);
161 
162 /**
163  * mempool_destroy - deallocate a memory pool
164  * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
165  *             mempool_create().
166  *
167  * this function only sleeps if the free_fn() function sleeps. The caller
168  * has to guarantee that all elements have been returned to the pool (ie:
169  * freed) prior to calling mempool_destroy().
170  */
171 void mempool_destroy(mempool_t *pool)
172 {
173         if (pool->curr_nr != pool->min_nr)
174                 BUG();          /* There were outstanding elements */
175         free_pool(pool);
176 }
177 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_destroy);
178 
179 /**
180  * mempool_alloc - allocate an element from a specific memory pool
181  * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
182  *             mempool_create().
183  * @gfp_mask:  the usual allocation bitmask.
184  *
185  * this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or
186  * returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function
187  * *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might
188  * fail if called from an IRQ context.)
189  */
190 void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, int gfp_mask)
191 {
192         void *element;
193         unsigned long flags;
194         DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
195         int gfp_nowait = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO);
196 
197 repeat_alloc:
198         element = pool->alloc(gfp_nowait|__GFP_NOWARN, pool->pool_data);
199         if (likely(element != NULL))
200                 return element;
201 
202         /*
203          * If the pool is less than 50% full and we can perform effective
204          * page reclaim then try harder to allocate an element.
205          */
206         mb();
207         if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && (gfp_mask != gfp_nowait) &&
208                                 (pool->curr_nr <= pool->min_nr/2)) {
209                 element = pool->alloc(gfp_mask, pool->pool_data);
210                 if (likely(element != NULL))
211                         return element;
212         }
213 
214         /*
215          * Kick the VM at this point.
216          */
217         wakeup_bdflush(0);
218 
219         spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
220         if (likely(pool->curr_nr)) {
221                 element = remove_element(pool);
222                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
223                 return element;
224         }
225         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
226 
227         /* We must not sleep in the GFP_ATOMIC case */
228         if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
229                 return NULL;
230 
231         prepare_to_wait(&pool->wait, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
232         mb();
233         if (!pool->curr_nr)
234                 io_schedule();
235         finish_wait(&pool->wait, &wait);
236 
237         goto repeat_alloc;
238 }
239 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_alloc);
240 
241 /**
242  * mempool_free - return an element to the pool.
243  * @element:   pool element pointer.
244  * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
245  *             mempool_create().
246  *
247  * this function only sleeps if the free_fn() function sleeps.
248  */
249 void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool)
250 {
251         unsigned long flags;
252 
253         mb();
254         if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
255                 spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
256                 if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
257                         add_element(pool, element);
258                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
259                         wake_up(&pool->wait);
260                         return;
261                 }
262                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
263         }
264         pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
265 }
266 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free);
267 
268 /*
269  * A commonly used alloc and free fn.
270  */
271 void *mempool_alloc_slab(int gfp_mask, void *pool_data)
272 {
273         kmem_cache_t *mem = (kmem_cache_t *) pool_data;
274         return kmem_cache_alloc(mem, gfp_mask);
275 }
276 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_alloc_slab);
277 
278 void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data)
279 {
280         kmem_cache_t *mem = (kmem_cache_t *) pool_data;
281         kmem_cache_free(mem, element);
282 }
283 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free_slab);
284 

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