diff --git a/share/man/man9/vmem.9 b/share/man/man9/vmem.9 index 31a82be88fd0..053aec856a78 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/vmem.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/vmem.9 @@ -1,310 +1,313 @@ +.\"- +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause +.\" .\" $NetBSD: vmem.9,v 1.15 2013/01/29 22:02:17 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c)2006 YAMAMOTO Takashi, .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Dd May 17, 2019 .Dt VMEM 9 .Os .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh NAME .Nm vmem .Nd general purpose resource allocator .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/vmem.h .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft vmem_t * .Fn vmem_create \ "const char *name" "vmem_addr_t base" "vmem_size_t size" "vmem_size_t quantum" \ "vmem_size_t qcache_max" "int flags" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft int .Fn vmem_add \ "vmem_t *vm" "vmem_addr_t addr" "vmem_size_t size" "int flags" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft int .Fn vmem_xalloc \ "vmem_t *vm" "const vmem_size_t size" "vmem_size_t align" \ "const vmem_size_t phase" "const vmem_size_t nocross" \ "const vmem_addr_t minaddr" "const vmem_addr_t maxaddr" "int flags" \ "vmem_addr_t *addrp" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft void .Fn vmem_xfree "vmem_t *vm" "vmem_addr_t addr" "vmem_size_t size" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft int .Fn vmem_alloc "vmem_t *vm" "vmem_size_t size" "int flags" "vmem_addr_t *addrp" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft void .Fn vmem_free "vmem_t *vm" "vmem_addr_t addr" "vmem_size_t size" .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Ft void .Fn vmem_destroy "vmem_t *vm" .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm is a general purpose resource allocator. Despite its name, it can be used for arbitrary resources other than virtual memory. .Pp .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Fn vmem_create creates a new vmem arena. -.Bl -tag -width qcache_max +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa name The string to describe the vmem. .It Fa base The start address of the initial span. Pass .Dv 0 if no initial span is required. .It Fa size The size of the initial span. Pass .Dv 0 if no initial span is required. .It Fa quantum The smallest unit of allocation. .It Fa qcache_max The largest size of allocations which can be served by quantum cache. It is merely a hint and can be ignored. .It Fa flags .Xr malloc 9 wait flag. .El .Pp .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Fn vmem_add adds a span of size .Fa size starting at .Fa addr to the arena. Returns 0 on success, .Dv ENOMEM on failure. .Fa flags is .Xr malloc 9 wait flag. .Pp .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Fn vmem_xalloc allocates a resource from the arena. -.Bl -tag -width nocross +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa vm The arena which we allocate from. .It Fa size Specify the size of the allocation. .It Fa align If zero, don't care about the alignment of the allocation. Otherwise, request a resource segment starting at offset .Fa phase from an .Fa align aligned boundary. .It Fa phase See the above description of .Fa align . If .Fa align is zero, .Fa phase should be zero. Otherwise, .Fa phase should be smaller than .Fa align . .It Fa nocross Request a resource which doesn't cross .Fa nocross aligned boundary. .It Fa minaddr Specify the minimum address which can be allocated, or .Dv VMEM_ADDR_MIN if the caller does not care. .It Fa maxaddr Specify the maximum address which can be allocated, or .Dv VMEM_ADDR_MAX if the caller does not care. .It Fa flags A bitwise OR of an allocation strategy and a .Xr malloc 9 wait flag. The allocation strategy is one of: -.Bl -tag -width indent +.Bl -tag -width "M_FIRSTFIT" .It Dv M_FIRSTFIT Prefer allocation performance. .It Dv M_BESTFIT Prefer space efficiency. .It Dv M_NEXTFIT Perform an address-ordered search for free addresses, beginning where the previous search ended. .El .It Fa addrp On success, if .Fa addrp is not .Dv NULL , .Fn vmem_xalloc overwrites it with the start address of the allocated span. .El .Pp .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Fn vmem_xfree frees resource allocated by .Fn vmem_xalloc to the arena. -.Bl -tag -width addr +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa vm The arena which we free to. .It Fa addr The resource being freed. It must be the one returned by .Fn vmem_xalloc . Notably, it must not be the one from .Fn vmem_alloc . Otherwise, the behaviour is undefined. .It Fa size The size of the resource being freed. It must be the same as the .Fa size argument used for .Fn vmem_xalloc . .El .Pp .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Fn vmem_alloc allocates a resource from the arena. -.Bl -tag -width flags +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa vm The arena which we allocate from. .It Fa size Specify the size of the allocation. .It Fa flags A bitwise OR of an .Nm allocation strategy flag (see above) and a .Xr malloc 9 sleep flag. .It Fa addrp On success, if .Fa addrp is not .Dv NULL , .Fn vmem_alloc overwrites it with the start address of the allocated span. .El .Pp .\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .Fn vmem_free frees resource allocated by .Fn vmem_alloc to the arena. -.Bl -tag -width addr +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa vm The arena which we free to. .It Fa addr The resource being freed. It must be the one returned by .Fn vmem_alloc . Notably, it must not be the one from .Fn vmem_xalloc . Otherwise, the behaviour is undefined. .It Fa size The size of the resource being freed. It must be the same as the .Fa size argument used for .Fn vmem_alloc . .El .Pp .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Fn vmem_destroy destroys a vmem arena. -.Bl -tag -width vm +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "qcache_max" .It Fa vm The vmem arena being destroyed. The caller should ensure that no one will use it anymore. .El .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn vmem_create returns a pointer to the newly allocated vmem_t. Otherwise, it returns .Dv NULL . .Pp On success, .Fn vmem_xalloc and .Fn vmem_alloc return 0. Otherwise, .Dv ENOMEM is returned. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh CODE REFERENCES The .Nm subsystem is implemented within the file .Pa sys/kern/subr_vmem.c . .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr malloc 9 .Rs .%A Jeff Bonwick .%A Jonathan Adams .%T "Magazines and Vmem: Extending the Slab Allocator to Many CPUs and Arbitrary Resources" .%J "2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference" .%D 2001 .Re .\" ------------------------------------------------------------ .Sh HISTORY The .Nm allocator was originally implemented in .Nx . It was introduced in .Fx 10.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit Original implementation of .Nm was written by .An "YAMAMOTO Takashi" . The .Fx port was made by .An "Jeff Roberson" . .Sh BUGS .Nm relies on .Xr malloc 9 , so it cannot be used as early during system bootstrap.