linux-kernel - [PATCHv4 1/5] lib/genalloc.c: Add power aligned algorithm

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1406079308-5232-2-git-send-email-lauraa@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:35:04 -0700
From:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>,
	David Riley <davidriley@...omium.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ritesh Harjain <ritesh.harjani@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCHv4 1/5] lib/genalloc.c: Add power aligned algorithm

One of the more common algorithms used for allocation
is to align the start address of the allocation to
the order of size requested. Add this as an algorithm
option for genalloc.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
---
 include/linux/genalloc.h |  4 ++++
 lib/genalloc.c           | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/genalloc.h b/include/linux/genalloc.h
index 1c2fdaa..3cd0934 100644
--- a/include/linux/genalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/genalloc.h
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ extern void gen_pool_set_algo(struct gen_pool *pool, genpool_algo_t algo,
 extern unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data);
 
+extern unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit_order_align(unsigned long *map,
+		unsigned long size, unsigned long start, unsigned int nr,
+		void *data);
+
 extern unsigned long gen_pool_best_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data);
 
diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index bdb9a45..9758529 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -481,6 +481,27 @@ unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_first_fit);
 
 /**
+ * gen_pool_first_fit_order_align - find the first available region
+ * of memory matching the size requirement. The region will be aligned
+ * to the order of the size specified.
+ * @map: The address to base the search on
+ * @size: The bitmap size in bits
+ * @start: The bitnumber to start searching at
+ * @nr: The number of zeroed bits we're looking for
+ * @data: additional data - unused
+ */
+unsigned long gen_pool_first_fit_order_align(unsigned long *map,
+		unsigned long size, unsigned long start,
+		unsigned int nr, void *data)
+{
+	unsigned long order = (unsigned long) data;
+	unsigned long align_mask = (1 << get_order(nr << order)) - 1;
+
+	return bitmap_find_next_zero_area(map, size, start, nr, align_mask);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_first_fit_order_align);
+
+/**
  * gen_pool_best_fit - find the best fitting region of memory
  * macthing the size requirement (no alignment constraint)
  * @map: The address to base the search on
-- 
The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum,
hosted by The Linux Foundation

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/