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lib/genalloc.c: add power aligned algorithm
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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.

Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: David Riley <davidriley@chromium.org>
Cc: Ritesh Harjain <ritesh.harjani@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Laura Abbott authored and Linus Torvalds committed Oct 10, 2014
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/genalloc.h
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Expand Up @@ -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);

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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions lib/genalloc.c
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Expand Up @@ -480,6 +480,26 @@ 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 align_mask = roundup_pow_of_two(nr) - 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)
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