GFP_KERNEL or SLAB_KERNEL?

GFP_KERNEL or SLAB_KERNEL?

The low-level kernel memory allocation functions take a set of flags describing how that allocation is to be performed. Among other things, these  GFP_ ("get free page") flags control whether the allocation process can sleep and wait for memory, whether high memory can be used, and so on. See  this article for the full set.

The kernel slab allocator is an additional layer built on top of the low-level code; it handles situations where numerous objects of the same size are frequently allocated and freed. The slab code, too, has a set of flags describing how memory allocation is to happen. They look suspiciously like the low-level flags, but they have different names; instead of GFP_KERNEL, for example, user of the slab code are expected to say SLAB_KERNEL.

Underneath it all, however, the two sets of flags are the same. As a result, many calls to the slab code just use the GFP_ flags, rather than the SLAB_ flags. William Lee Irwin decided it was time to fix that; he posted a patch converting several slab users over to the SLAB_ flags. It looked like a fairly standard, freeze-stage kernel cleanup.

The question came up, however: why bother? Not everybody, it seems, thinks that the separate SLAB_flags are worth the trouble. William responded with another patch which gets rid of the SLAB_flags altogether. So far, neither patch has been merged. But they do raise a worthwhile question: why do we need a separate set of flags if the callers have nothing different to say?

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以下是完整的队列操作代码,包括驱动的初始化和退出函数: ``` #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/slab.h> struct msg { int data; int complete; }; struct ring_buffer { int head; int tail; struct msg *data; int size; unsigned int capacity; }; struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_init(unsigned int capacity) { struct ring_buffer *rbuf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ring_buffer), GFP_KERNEL); rbuf->capacity = capacity; rbuf->head = rbuf->size = 0; rbuf->tail = capacity - 1; rbuf->data = kmalloc(rbuf->capacity * sizeof(struct msg), GFP_KERNEL); printk(KERN_DEBUG "ring_buffer create successfully!\n"); return rbuf; } int ring_buffer_is_empty(struct ring_buffer *rbuf) { return (rbuf->size == 0); } int ring_buffer_is_full(struct ring_buffer *rbuf) { return (rbuf->size == rbuf->capacity); } void ring_buffer_in(struct ring_buffer *rbuf, struct msg msg) { if (ring_buffer_is_full(rbuf)) { return; } rbuf->tail = (rbuf->tail + 1) % rbuf->capacity; rbuf->data[rbuf->tail] = msg; rbuf->size = rbuf->size + 1; } struct msg ring_buffer_out(struct ring_buffer *rbuf) { struct msg rsv_msg; if (ring_buffer_is_empty(rbuf)) { pr_info("buffer is empty!\n"); rsv_msg.complete = -1; return rsv_msg; } rsv_msg = rbuf->data[rbuf->head]; rbuf->head = (rbuf->head + 1) % rbuf->capacity; rbuf->size = rbuf->size - 1; return rsv_msg; } void destroy_ring_buffer(struct ring_buffer *rbuf) { kfree(rbuf->data); kfree(rbuf); } static int __init my_driver_init(void) { struct ring_buffer *rbuf = ring_buffer_init(10); struct msg msg1 = {1, 0}; struct msg msg2 = {2, 0}; struct msg msg3 = {3, 0}; ring_buffer_in(rbuf, msg1); ring_buffer_in(rbuf, msg2); ring_buffer_in(rbuf, msg3); struct msg out1 = ring_buffer_out(rbuf); struct msg out2 = ring_buffer_out(rbuf); struct msg out3 = ring_buffer_out(rbuf); printk(KERN_DEBUG "out1: %d, out2: %d, out3: %d\n", out1.data, out2.data, out3.data); destroy_ring_buffer(rbuf); return 0; } static void __exit my_driver_exit(void) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "my_driver exit\n"); } module_init(my_driver_init); module_exit(my_driver_exit); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Your Name"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A simple example Linux module."); MODULE_VERSION("0.01"); ``` 上面的代码在驱动初始化函数中创建了一个容量为 10 的环形队列,然后向队列中插入了三个元素,接着连续地从队列中取出三个元素并打印,最后在驱动退出函数中销毁了队列。
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