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ipxe/src/include/gpxe/malloc.h
2007-08-20 20:29:30 +02:00

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#ifndef _GPXE_MALLOC_H
#define _GPXE_MALLOC_H
#include <stdint.h>
/** @file
*
* Dynamic memory allocation
*
*/
/*
* Prototypes for the standard functions (malloc() et al) are in
* stdlib.h. Include <gpxe/malloc.h> only if you need the
* non-standard functions, such as malloc_dma().
*
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
extern size_t freemem;
extern void * __malloc alloc_memblock ( size_t size, size_t align );
extern void free_memblock ( void *ptr, size_t size );
extern void mpopulate ( void *start, size_t len );
extern void mdumpfree ( void );
/**
* Allocate memory for DMA
*
* @v size Requested size
* @v align Physical alignment
* @ret ptr Memory, or NULL
*
* Allocates physically-aligned memory for DMA.
*
* @c align must be a power of two. @c size may not be zero.
*/
static inline void * __malloc malloc_dma ( size_t size, size_t phys_align ) {
return alloc_memblock ( size, phys_align );
}
/**
* Free memory allocated with malloc_dma()
*
* @v ptr Memory allocated by malloc_dma(), or NULL
* @v size Size of memory, as passed to malloc_dma()
*
* Memory allocated with malloc_dma() can only be freed with
* free_dma(); it cannot be freed with the standard free().
*
* If @c ptr is NULL, no action is taken.
*/
static inline void free_dma ( void *ptr, size_t size ) {
free_memblock ( ptr, size );
}
#endif /* _GPXE_MALLOC_H */