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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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15  */
16 
17 #ifndef CHRE_UTIL_MEMORY_POOL_H_
18 #define CHRE_UTIL_MEMORY_POOL_H_
19 
20 #include <cstddef>
21 #include <type_traits>
22 
23 #include "chre/util/non_copyable.h"
24 
25 namespace chre {
26 
27 /**
28  * A memory pool (slab allocator) used for very efficient allocation and
29  * deallocation of objects with a uniform size. The goal is to avoid costly
30  * malloc/free calls.
31  *
32  * This implementation is based on the following paper:
33  *
34  * Fast Efficient Fixed-Size Memory Pool
35  * No Loops and No Overhead
36  * Ben Kenwright
37  *
38  * Allocations and deallocation are handled in O(1) time and memory. The list
39  * of unused blocks is stored in the space of unused blocks. This means that
40  * this data structure has a minimum element size of sizeof(size_t) and means
41  * it may not be suitable for very small objects (whose size is less than
42  * sizeof(size_t)).
43  *
44  * One variation is made relative to the allocator described in the paper. To
45  * minimize allocation/deallocation latency, the free list is built at
46  * construction time.
47  */
48 template <typename ElementType, size_t kSize>
49 class MemoryPool : public NonCopyable {
50  public:
51   /**
52    * Constructs a MemoryPool and initializes the initial conditions of the
53    * allocator.
54    */
55   MemoryPool();
56 
57   /**
58    * Allocates space for an object, constructs it and returns the pointer to
59    * that object.
60    *
61    * @param  The arguments to be forwarded to the constructor of the object.
62    * @return A pointer to a constructed object or nullptr if the allocation
63    *         fails.
64    */
65   template <typename... Args>
66   ElementType *allocate(Args &&... args);
67 
68   /**
69    * Releases the memory of a previously allocated element. The pointer provided
70    * here must be one that was produced by a previous call to the allocate()
71    * function. The destructor is invoked on the object.
72    *
73    * @param A pointer to an element that was previously allocated by the
74    *        allocate() function.
75    */
76   void deallocate(ElementType *element);
77 
78   /**
79    * @return the number of unused blocks in this memory pool.
80    */
81   size_t getFreeBlockCount() const;
82 
83  private:
84   /**
85    * The unused storage for this MemoryPool maintains the list of free slots.
86    * As such, a union is used to allow storage of both the Element and the index
87    * of the next free block in the same space.
88    */
89   union MemoryPoolBlock {
90     //! Intentionally not destructing any leaked blocks, will consider doing
91     //! this differently later if required.
92     ~MemoryPoolBlock() = delete;
93 
94     //! The element stored in the slot.
95     ElementType mElement;
96 
97     //! The index of the next free block in the unused storage.
98     size_t mNextFreeBlockIndex;
99   };
100 
101   /**
102    * Obtains a pointer to the underlying storage for the memory pool blocks.
103    *
104    * @return A pointer to the memory pool block storage.
105    */
106   MemoryPoolBlock *blocks();
107 
108   //! Storage for memory pool blocks. To avoid static initialization of members,
109   //! std::aligned_storage is used.
110   typename std::aligned_storage<sizeof(MemoryPoolBlock),
111                                 alignof(MemoryPoolBlock)>::type mBlocks[kSize];
112 
113   //! The index of the head of the free slot list.
114   size_t mNextFreeBlockIndex = 0;
115 
116   //! The number of free slots available.
117   size_t mFreeBlockCount = kSize;
118 };
119 
120 }  // namespace chre
121 
122 #include "chre/util/memory_pool_impl.h"
123 
124 #endif  // CHRE_UTIL_MEMORY_POOL_H_
125