genalloc: make it possible to use a custom allocation algorithm

Premit use of another algorithm than the default first-fit one.  For
example a custom algorithm could be used to manage alignment requirements.

As I can't predict all the possible requirements/needs for all allocation
uses cases, I add a "free" field 'void *data' to pass any needed
information to the allocation function.  For example 'data' could be used
to handle a structure where you store the alignment, the expected memory
bank, the requester device, or any information that could influence the
allocation algorithm.

An usage example may look like this:
struct my_pool_constraints {
	int align;
	int bank;
	...
};

unsigned long my_custom_algo(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
		unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data)
{
	struct my_pool_constraints *constraints = data;
	...
	deal with allocation contraints
	...
	return the index in bitmap where perform the allocation
}

void create_my_pool()
{
	struct my_pool_constraints c;
	struct gen_pool *pool = gen_pool_create(...);
	gen_pool_add(pool, ...);
	gen_pool_set_algo(pool, my_custom_algo, &c);
}

Add of best-fit algorithm function:
most of the time best-fit is slower then first-fit but memory fragmentation
is lower. The random buffer allocation/free tests don't show any arithmetic
relation between the allocation time and fragmentation but the
best-fit algorithm
is sometime able to perform the allocation when the first-fit can't.

This new algorithm help to remove static allocations on ESRAM, a small but
fast on-chip RAM of few KB, used for high-performance uses cases like DMA
linked lists, graphic accelerators, encoders/decoders. On the Ux500
(in the ARM tree) we have define 5 ESRAM banks of 128 KB each and use of
static allocations becomes unmaintainable:
cd arch/arm/mach-ux500 && grep -r ESRAM .
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:/* Base address and bank offsets for ESRAM */
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BASE   0x40000000
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK_SIZE      0x00020000
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK0  U8500_ESRAM_BASE
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK1       (U8500_ESRAM_BASE + U8500_ESRAM_BANK_SIZE)
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK2       (U8500_ESRAM_BANK1 + U8500_ESRAM_BANK_SIZE)
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK3       (U8500_ESRAM_BANK2 + U8500_ESRAM_BANK_SIZE)
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_BANK4       (U8500_ESRAM_BANK3 + U8500_ESRAM_BANK_SIZE)
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_ESRAM_DMA_LCPA_OFFSET     0x10000
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_DMA_LCPA_BASE
(U8500_ESRAM_BANK0 + U8500_ESRAM_DMA_LCPA_OFFSET)
./include/mach/db8500-regs.h:#define U8500_DMA_LCLA_BASE U8500_ESRAM_BANK4

I want to use genalloc to do dynamic allocations but I need to be able to
fine tune the allocation algorithm. I my case best-fit algorithm give
better results than first-fit, but it will not be true for every use case.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@stericsson.com>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Benjamin Gaignard 2012-10-04 17:13:20 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent e96875677f
commit ca279cf106
2 changed files with 111 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -29,6 +29,20 @@
#ifndef __GENALLOC_H__
#define __GENALLOC_H__
/**
* Allocation callback function type definition
* @map: Pointer to bitmap
* @size: The bitmap size in bits
* @start: The bitnumber to start searching at
* @nr: The number of zeroed bits we're looking for
* @data: optional additional data used by @genpool_algo_t
*/
typedef unsigned long (*genpool_algo_t)(unsigned long *map,
unsigned long size,
unsigned long start,
unsigned int nr,
void *data);
/*
* General purpose special memory pool descriptor.
*/
@ -36,6 +50,9 @@ struct gen_pool {
spinlock_t lock;
struct list_head chunks; /* list of chunks in this pool */
int min_alloc_order; /* minimum allocation order */
genpool_algo_t algo; /* allocation function */
void *data;
};
/*
@ -78,4 +95,14 @@ extern void gen_pool_for_each_chunk(struct gen_pool *,
void (*)(struct gen_pool *, struct gen_pool_chunk *, void *), void *);
extern size_t gen_pool_avail(struct gen_pool *);
extern size_t gen_pool_size(struct gen_pool *);
extern void gen_pool_set_algo(struct gen_pool *pool, genpool_algo_t algo,
void *data);
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_best_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data);
#endif /* __GENALLOC_H__ */

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@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ struct gen_pool *gen_pool_create(int min_alloc_order, int nid)
spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->chunks);
pool->min_alloc_order = min_alloc_order;
pool->algo = gen_pool_first_fit;
pool->data = NULL;
}
return pool;
}
@ -255,8 +257,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_destroy);
* @size: number of bytes to allocate from the pool
*
* Allocate the requested number of bytes from the specified pool.
* Uses a first-fit algorithm. Can not be used in NMI handler on
* architectures without NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation.
* Uses the pool allocation function (with first-fit algorithm by default).
* Can not be used in NMI handler on architectures without
* NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation.
*/
unsigned long gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size)
{
@ -280,8 +283,8 @@ unsigned long gen_pool_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size)
end_bit = (chunk->end_addr - chunk->start_addr) >> order;
retry:
start_bit = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(chunk->bits, end_bit,
start_bit, nbits, 0);
start_bit = pool->algo(chunk->bits, end_bit, start_bit, nbits,
pool->data);
if (start_bit >= end_bit)
continue;
remain = bitmap_set_ll(chunk->bits, start_bit, nbits);
@ -400,3 +403,80 @@ size_t gen_pool_size(struct gen_pool *pool)
return size;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gen_pool_size);
/**
* gen_pool_set_algo - set the allocation algorithm
* @pool: pool to change allocation algorithm
* @algo: custom algorithm function
* @data: additional data used by @algo
*
* Call @algo for each memory allocation in the pool.
* If @algo is NULL use gen_pool_first_fit as default
* memory allocation function.
*/
void gen_pool_set_algo(struct gen_pool *pool, genpool_algo_t algo, void *data)
{
rcu_read_lock();
pool->algo = algo;
if (!pool->algo)
pool->algo = gen_pool_first_fit;
pool->data = data;
rcu_read_unlock();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_set_algo);
/**
* gen_pool_first_fit - find the first available region
* of memory matching the size requirement (no alignment constraint)
* @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(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data)
{
return bitmap_find_next_zero_area(map, size, start, nr, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_first_fit);
/**
* 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
* @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
*
* Iterate over the bitmap to find the smallest free region
* which we can allocate the memory.
*/
unsigned long gen_pool_best_fit(unsigned long *map, unsigned long size,
unsigned long start, unsigned int nr, void *data)
{
unsigned long start_bit = size;
unsigned long len = size + 1;
unsigned long index;
index = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(map, size, start, nr, 0);
while (index < size) {
int next_bit = find_next_bit(map, size, index + nr);
if ((next_bit - index) < len) {
len = next_bit - index;
start_bit = index;
if (len == nr)
return start_bit;
}
index = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(map, size,
next_bit + 1, nr, 0);
}
return start_bit;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_best_fit);