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#include <sys/systm.h>
new_unrhdr(low, high, mutex) | |
Initialize a new unit number allocator entity. The low and high arguments specify minimum and maximum number of unit numbers. There is no cost associated with the range of unit numbers, so unless the resource really is finite, INT_MAX can be used. If mutex is not NULL, it is used for locking when allocating and freeing units. If the passed value is the token UNR_NO_MTX, then no locking is applied internally. Otherwise, internal mutex is used. | |
clear_unrhdr(uh) | |
Clear all units from the specified unit number allocator entity. This function resets the entity as if it were just initialized with new_unrhdr(). | |
delete_unrhdr(uh) | |
Delete specified unit number allocator entity. This function frees the memory associated with the entity, it does not free any units. To free all units use clear_unrhdr(). | |
clean_unrhdr(uh) | |
Freeing unit numbers might result in some internal memory becoming unused. There are unit allocator consumers that cannot tolerate taking malloc(9) locks to free the memory, while having their unit mutex locked. For this reason, free of the unused memory after delete is postponed until the consumer can afford calling into the malloc(9) subsystem. Call clean_unrhdr(uh) to do the cleanup. In particular, this needs to be done before freeing a unr, if a deletion of units could have been performed. | |
clean_unrhdrl() | |
Same as clean_unrhdr(), but assumes that the unr mutex is already owned, if any. | |
alloc_unr(uh) | |
Return a new unit number. The lowest free number is always allocated. This function does not allocate memory and never sleeps, however it may block on a mutex. If no free unit numbers are left, -1 is returned. | |
alloc_unrl(uh) | |
Same as alloc_unr() except that mutex is assumed to be already locked and thus is not used. | |
alloc_unr_specific(uh, item) | |
Allocate a specific unit number. This function allocates memory and thus may sleep. The allocated unit number is returned on success. If the specified number is already allocated or out of the range, -1 is returned. | |
free_unr(uh, item) | |
Free a previously allocated unit number. This function may require allocating memory, and thus it can sleep. There is no pre-locked variant. | |
Consumers must ensure that the unit allocator is not modified between calls to the iterator functions. In particular, the internal allocator mutex cannot provide consistency, because it is acquired and dropped inside the next_iter_unr() function. If the allocator was modified, it is safe to free the iterator with free_iter_unr() method nevertheless.
create_iter_unr(uh) | |
Create an iterator. Return the handle that should be passed to other iterator functions. | |
next_iter_unr(handle) | |
Return the value of the next unit. Units are returned in ascending order. A return value of -1 indicates the end of iteration, in which case -1 is returned for all future calls. | |
free_iter_unr(handle) | |
Free the iterator, handle is no longer valid. | |
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