* more re-work
[mascara-docs.git] / i386 / junos / MIT / src.xv6 / kalloc.c
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1 // Physical memory allocator, intended to allocate
2 // memory for user processes, kernel stacks, page table pages,
3 // and pipe buffers. Allocates 4096-byte pages.
5 #include "types.h"
6 #include "defs.h"
7 #include "param.h"
8 #include "memlayout.h"
9 #include "mmu.h"
10 #include "spinlock.h"
12 void freerange(void *vstart, void *vend);
13 extern char end[]; // first address after kernel loaded from ELF file
15 struct run {
16 struct run *next;
19 struct {
20 struct spinlock lock;
21 int use_lock;
22 struct run *freelist;
23 } kmem;
25 // Initialization happens in two phases.
26 // 1. main() calls kinit1() while still using entrypgdir to place just
27 // the pages mapped by entrypgdir on free list.
28 // 2. main() calls kinit2() with the rest of the physical pages
29 // after installing a full page table that maps them on all cores.
30 void
31 kinit1(void *vstart, void *vend)
33 initlock(&kmem.lock, "kmem");
34 kmem.use_lock = 0;
35 freerange(vstart, vend);
38 void
39 kinit2(void *vstart, void *vend)
41 freerange(vstart, vend);
42 kmem.use_lock = 1;
45 void
46 freerange(void *vstart, void *vend)
48 char *p;
49 p = (char*)PGROUNDUP((uint)vstart);
50 for(; p + PGSIZE <= (char*)vend; p += PGSIZE)
51 kfree(p);
54 //PAGEBREAK: 21
55 // Free the page of physical memory pointed at by v,
56 // which normally should have been returned by a
57 // call to kalloc(). (The exception is when
58 // initializing the allocator; see kinit above.)
59 void
60 kfree(char *v)
62 struct run *r;
64 if((uint)v % PGSIZE || v < end || v2p(v) >= PHYSTOP)
65 panic("kfree");
67 // Fill with junk to catch dangling refs.
68 memset(v, 1, PGSIZE);
70 if(kmem.use_lock)
71 acquire(&kmem.lock);
72 r = (struct run*)v;
73 r->next = kmem.freelist;
74 kmem.freelist = r;
75 if(kmem.use_lock)
76 release(&kmem.lock);
79 // Allocate one 4096-byte page of physical memory.
80 // Returns a pointer that the kernel can use.
81 // Returns 0 if the memory cannot be allocated.
82 char*
83 kalloc(void)
85 struct run *r;
87 if(kmem.use_lock)
88 acquire(&kmem.lock);
89 r = kmem.freelist;
90 if(r)
91 kmem.freelist = r->next;
92 if(kmem.use_lock)
93 release(&kmem.lock);
94 return (char*)r;