xref: /linux/rust/kernel/alloc.rs (revision 5c61f59824b5e46516ea5d0543ad7a8871567416)
1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 
3 //! Extensions to the [`alloc`] crate.
4 
5 #[cfg(not(test))]
6 #[cfg(not(testlib))]
7 mod allocator;
8 pub mod box_ext;
9 pub mod vec_ext;
10 
11 /// Indicates an allocation error.
12 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
13 pub struct AllocError;
14 
15 /// Flags to be used when allocating memory.
16 ///
17 /// They can be combined with the operators `|`, `&`, and `!`.
18 ///
19 /// Values can be used from the [`flags`] module.
20 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
21 pub struct Flags(u32);
22 
23 impl Flags {
24     /// Get the raw representation of this flag.
25     pub(crate) fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
26         self.0
27     }
28 }
29 
30 impl core::ops::BitOr for Flags {
31     type Output = Self;
32     fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
33         Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
34     }
35 }
36 
37 impl core::ops::BitAnd for Flags {
38     type Output = Self;
39     fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
40         Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
41     }
42 }
43 
44 impl core::ops::Not for Flags {
45     type Output = Self;
46     fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
47         Self(!self.0)
48     }
49 }
50 
51 /// Allocation flags.
52 ///
53 /// These are meant to be used in functions that can allocate memory.
54 pub mod flags {
55     use super::Flags;
56 
57     /// Zeroes out the allocated memory.
58     ///
59     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
60     pub const __GFP_ZERO: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_ZERO);
61 
62     /// Allow the allocation to be in high memory.
63     ///
64     /// Allocations in high memory may not be mapped into the kernel's address space, so this can't
65     /// be used with `kmalloc` and other similar methods.
66     ///
67     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
68     pub const __GFP_HIGHMEM: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_HIGHMEM);
69 
70     /// Users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed.
71     ///
72     /// A lower watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". The current
73     /// implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict non-preemptive contexts (e.g.
74     /// raw_spin_lock). The same applies to [`GFP_NOWAIT`].
75     pub const GFP_ATOMIC: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_ATOMIC);
76 
77     /// Typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone
78     /// for direct access but can direct reclaim.
79     pub const GFP_KERNEL: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL);
80 
81     /// The same as [`GFP_KERNEL`], except the allocation is accounted to kmemcg.
82     pub const GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
83 
84     /// For kernel allocations that should not stall for direct reclaim, start physical IO or
85     /// use any filesystem callback.  It is very likely to fail to allocate memory, even for very
86     /// small allocations.
87     pub const GFP_NOWAIT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_NOWAIT);
88 }
89