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      1 /*
      2      This file is part of libmicrohttpd
      3      Copyright (C) 2007--2024 Daniel Pittman and Christian Grothoff
      4      Copyright (C) 2016--2024 Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k)
      5 
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     19 */
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * @file memorypool.h
     23  * @brief memory pool; mostly used for efficient (de)allocation
     24  *        for each connection and bounding memory use for each
     25  *        request
     26  * @author Christian Grothoff
     27  * @author Karlson2k (Evgeny Grin)
     28  */
     29 
     30 #ifndef MEMORYPOOL_H
     31 #define MEMORYPOOL_H
     32 
     33 #include "mhd_options.h"
     34 #ifdef HAVE_STDDEF_H
     35 #include <stddef.h>
     36 #endif /* HAVE_STDDEF_H */
     37 #ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
     38 #include <stdbool.h>
     39 #endif
     40 
     41 /**
     42  * Opaque handle for a memory pool.
     43  * Pools are not reentrant and must not be used
     44  * by multiple threads.
     45  */
     46 struct MemoryPool;
     47 
     48 /**
     49  * Initialize values for memory pools
     50  */
     51 void
     52 MHD_init_mem_pools_ (void);
     53 
     54 
     55 /**
     56  * Create a memory pool.
     57  *
     58  * @param max maximum size of the pool
     59  * @return NULL on error
     60  */
     61 struct MemoryPool *
     62 MHD_pool_create (size_t max);
     63 
     64 
     65 /**
     66  * Destroy a memory pool.
     67  *
     68  * @param pool memory pool to destroy
     69  */
     70 void
     71 MHD_pool_destroy (struct MemoryPool *pool);
     72 
     73 
     74 /**
     75  * Allocate size bytes from the pool.
     76  *
     77  * @param pool memory pool to use for the operation
     78  * @param size number of bytes to allocate
     79  * @param from_end allocate from end of pool (set to 'true');
     80  *        use this for small, persistent allocations that
     81  *        will never be reallocated
     82  * @return NULL if the pool cannot support size more
     83  *         bytes
     84  */
     85 void *
     86 MHD_pool_allocate (struct MemoryPool *pool,
     87                    size_t size,
     88                    bool from_end);
     89 
     90 /**
     91  * Checks whether allocated block is re-sizable in-place.
     92  * If block is not re-sizable in-place, it still could be shrunk, but freed
     93  * memory will not be re-used until reset of the pool.
     94  * @param pool the memory pool to use
     95  * @param block the pointer to the allocated block to check
     96  * @param block_size the size of the allocated @a block
     97  * @return true if block can be resized in-place in the optimal way,
     98  *         false otherwise
     99  */
    100 bool
    101 MHD_pool_is_resizable_inplace (struct MemoryPool *pool,
    102                                void *block,
    103                                size_t block_size);
    104 
    105 /**
    106  * Try to allocate @a size bytes memory area from the @a pool.
    107  *
    108  * If allocation fails, @a required_bytes is updated with size required to be
    109  * freed in the @a pool from rellocatable area to allocate requested number
    110  * of bytes.
    111  * Allocated memory area is always not rellocatable ("from end").
    112  *
    113  * @param pool memory pool to use for the operation
    114  * @param size the size of memory in bytes to allocate
    115  * @param[out] required_bytes the pointer to variable to be updated with
    116  *                            the size of the required additional free
    117  *                            memory area, set to 0 if function succeeds.
    118  *                            Cannot be NULL.
    119  * @return the pointer to allocated memory area if succeed,
    120  *         NULL if the pool doesn't have enough space, required_bytes is updated
    121  *         with amount of space needed to be freed in rellocatable area or
    122  *         set to SIZE_MAX if requested size is too large for the pool.
    123  */
    124 void *
    125 MHD_pool_try_alloc (struct MemoryPool *pool,
    126                     size_t size,
    127                     size_t *required_bytes);
    128 
    129 
    130 /**
    131  * Reallocate a block of memory obtained from the pool.
    132  * This is particularly efficient when growing or
    133  * shrinking the block that was last (re)allocated.
    134  * If the given block is not the most recently
    135  * (re)allocated block, the memory of the previous
    136  * allocation may be not released until the pool is
    137  * destroyed or reset.
    138  *
    139  * @param pool memory pool to use for the operation
    140  * @param old the existing block
    141  * @param old_size the size of the existing block
    142  * @param new_size the new size of the block
    143  * @return new address of the block, or
    144  *         NULL if the pool cannot support @a new_size
    145  *         bytes (old continues to be valid for @a old_size)
    146  */
    147 void *
    148 MHD_pool_reallocate (struct MemoryPool *pool,
    149                      void *old,
    150                      size_t old_size,
    151                      size_t new_size);
    152 
    153 
    154 /**
    155  * Check how much memory is left in the @a pool
    156  *
    157  * @param pool pool to check
    158  * @return number of bytes still available in @a pool
    159  */
    160 size_t
    161 MHD_pool_get_free (struct MemoryPool *pool);
    162 
    163 
    164 /**
    165  * Deallocate a block of memory obtained from the pool.
    166  *
    167  * If the given block is not the most recently
    168  * (re)allocated block, the memory of the this block
    169  * allocation may be not released until the pool is
    170  * destroyed or reset.
    171  *
    172  * @param pool memory pool to use for the operation
    173  * @param block the allocated block, the NULL is tolerated
    174  * @param block_size the size of the allocated block
    175  */
    176 void
    177 MHD_pool_deallocate (struct MemoryPool *pool,
    178                      void *block,
    179                      size_t block_size);
    180 
    181 
    182 /**
    183  * Clear all entries from the memory pool except
    184  * for @a keep of the given @a copy_bytes.  The pointer
    185  * returned should be a buffer of @a new_size where
    186  * the first @a copy_bytes are from @a keep.
    187  *
    188  * @param pool memory pool to use for the operation
    189  * @param keep pointer to the entry to keep (maybe NULL)
    190  * @param copy_bytes how many bytes need to be kept at this address
    191  * @param new_size how many bytes should the allocation we return have?
    192  *                 (should be larger or equal to @a copy_bytes)
    193  * @return addr new address of @a keep (if it had to change)
    194  */
    195 void *
    196 MHD_pool_reset (struct MemoryPool *pool,
    197                 void *keep,
    198                 size_t copy_bytes,
    199                 size_t new_size);
    200 
    201 #endif