source: proiecte/swift/trunk/lib/hoard-371/src/heaplayers/slopheap.h @ 176

// -*- C++ -*-

/*

Heap Layers: An Extensible Memory Allocation Infrastructure
  
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 by Emery Berger
http://www.cs.umass.edu/~emery
emery@cs.umass.edu
  
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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*/


#ifndef _SLOPHEAP_H_
#define _SLOPHEAP_H_

/**
 * @class SlopHeap
 * 
 * SlopHeap is designed to guarantee that you always have an extra N bytes
 * available after the most recent malloc. This is necessary for the current
 * coalescing support, which can look past the last allocated object.
 *
 * @param SuperHeap The parent heap.
 * @param SLOP The amount of extra memory required, in bytes.
 */
  
namespace HL {
  
  template <class SuperHeap, int SLOP = 16>
  class SlopHeap : public SuperHeap {
  public:
    SlopHeap (void)
      : remaining (0),
        ptr (NULL)
    {}
  
    inline void * malloc (const size_t nbytes) {

      // Put the usual case up front.
      if (nbytes <= remaining) {
        remaining -= nbytes;
        char * p = ptr;
        ptr += nbytes;
        return (void *) p;
      }
    
      //
      // We don't have enough space to satisfy the current
      // request, so get more memory.
      //

      return getMoreMemory(nbytes);
    }
  
    inline void clear (void) {
      ptr = NULL;
      remaining = 0;
      SuperHeap::clear ();
    }

    inline void free (void *) {}

  private:

    // Disabled.
    inline int remove (void *);

    void * getMoreMemory (size_t nbytes) {
      char * newptr = (char *) SuperHeap::malloc (nbytes + SLOP);

      if (newptr == NULL) {
        return NULL;
      }

      //
      // If this new memory is contiguous with the previous one,
      // reclaim the "slop".
      //
    
      if ((ptr != NULL) && (ptr + remaining + SLOP == newptr)) {
        remaining += SLOP;
      } else {
        ptr = newptr;
        remaining = 0;
      }
      char * p = ptr;
      ptr += nbytes;

      return (void *) p;
    }

    char * ptr;
    size_t remaining;

  };
  
}

#endif