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DBusMemPool object. More...

## Typedefs

typedef struct DBusMemPool | DBusMemPool
| Opaque object representing a memory pool. More...

## Functions

DBusMemPool * | _dbus_mem_pool_new (int element_size, dbus_bool_t zero_elements)
| Creates a new memory pool, or returns NULL on failure. More...
void | _dbus_mem_pool_free (DBusMemPool *pool)
| Frees a memory pool (and all elements allocated from it). More...
void * | _dbus_mem_pool_alloc (DBusMemPool *pool)
| Allocates an object from the memory pool. More...
dbus_bool_t | _dbus_mem_pool_dealloc (DBusMemPool *pool, void *element)
| Deallocates an object previously created with _dbus_mem_pool_alloc(). More...

## Detailed Description

DBusMemPool object.

Types and functions related to DBusMemPool. A memory pool is used to decrease memory fragmentation/overhead and increase speed for blocks of small uniformly-sized objects. The main point is to avoid the overhead of a malloc block for each small object, speed is secondary.

## Typedef Documentation

DBusMemPool

Opaque object representing a memory pool.

Memory pools allow avoiding per-malloc-block memory overhead when allocating a lot of small objects that are all the same size. They are slightly faster than calling malloc() also.

Definition at line 33 of file dbus-mempool.h.

## Function Documentation

void* _dbus_mem_pool_alloc | ( | DBusMemPool * | pool) |  |

Allocates an object from the memory pool.

The object must be freed with _dbus_mem_pool_dealloc().

Parameters

  pool | the memory pool

Returns
  the allocated object or NULL if no memory.

Definition at line 214 of file dbus-mempool.c.

References _dbus_assert, _DBUS_INT_MAX, allocated_elements, block_size, blocks, dbus_malloc(), dbus_malloc0(), ELEMENT_PADDING, element_size, DBusMemBlock::elements, free_elements, DBusFreedElement::next, DBusMemBlock::next, NULL, DBusMemBlock::used_so_far, and zero_elements.

dbus_bool_t _dbus_mem_pool_dealloc | ( | DBusMemPool * | pool,
|  | void * | element
| ) |  |

Deallocates an object previously created with _dbus_mem_pool_alloc().

The previous object must have come from this same pool.

Parameters

  pool | the memory pool
  element | the element earlier allocated.

Returns
  TRUE if there are no remaining allocated elements

Definition at line 347 of file dbus-mempool.c.

References _dbus_assert, _dbus_assert_not_reached, allocated_elements, blocks, dbus_free(), DBusMemBlock::elements, FALSE, free_elements, DBusFreedElement::next, DBusMemBlock::next, and NULL.

Referenced by _dbus_hash_table_free_preallocated_entry().

void _dbus_mem_pool_free | ( | DBusMemPool * | pool) |  |

Frees a memory pool (and all elements allocated from it).

Parameters

  pool | the memory pool.

Definition at line 187 of file dbus-mempool.c.

References blocks, dbus_free(), DBusMemBlock::next, and NULL.

Referenced by _dbus_hash_table_unref().

DBusMemPool* _dbus_mem_pool_new | ( | int | element_size,
|  | dbus_bool_t | zero_elements
| ) |  |

Creates a new memory pool, or returns NULL on failure.

Objects in the pool must be at least sizeof(void*) bytes each, due to the way memory pools work. To avoid creating 64 bit problems, this means at least 8 bytes on all platforms, unless you are 4 bytes on 32-bit and 8 bytes on 64-bit.

Parameters

  element_size | size of an element allocated from the pool.
  zero_elements | whether to zero-initialize elements

Returns
  the new pool or NULL

Definition at line 138 of file dbus-mempool.c.

References _dbus_assert, allocated_elements, block_size, dbus_new0, element_size, FALSE, NULL, and zero_elements.

Referenced by _dbus_hash_table_new().