palloc.h File Reference

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Detailed Description

Memory pool, keeping track of malloc()'ed blocks of fixed size and thereby avoiding too frequent malloc()/free()..

This is to be used for large enough blocks, otherwise walloc() or even zalloc() should be preferred.

Author:

Raphael Manfredi

Date:

2005

#include "common.h"

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Data Structures
struct	pool
	A memory pool descriptor. More...
Typedefs
typedef gpointer(*	pool_alloc_t )(size_t len)
typedef void(*	pool_free_t )(gpointer addr)
typedef pool	pool_t
	A memory pool descriptor.
Functions
pool_t *	pool_create (size_t size, gint max, pool_alloc_t alloc, pool_free_t dealloc)
	Allocate a pool descriptor.
void	pool_free (pool_t *pool)
	Free a pool descriptor.
gpointer	palloc (pool_t *pool)
	Allocate buffer from the pool.
void	pfree (pool_t *pool, gpointer obj)
	Return a buffer to the pool.

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Typedef Documentation

typedef gpointer(* pool_alloc_t)(size_t len)

typedef void(* pool_free_t)(gpointer addr)

typedef struct pool pool_t

A memory pool descriptor.

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Function Documentation

gpointer palloc (  pool_t *  pool  )

Allocate buffer from the pool.

void pfree (  pool_t *  pool, gpointer  obj )

Return a buffer to the pool.

pool_t* pool_create (  size_t  size, gint  max, pool_alloc_t  alloc, pool_free_t  dealloc )

Allocate a pool descriptor.

void pool_free (  pool_t *  pool  )

Free a pool descriptor.

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