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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 
3 //! Implementation of the kernel's memory allocation infrastructure.
4 
5 pub mod allocator;
6 pub mod kbox;
7 pub mod kvec;
8 pub mod layout;
9 
10 pub use self::kbox::Box;
11 pub use self::kbox::KBox;
12 pub use self::kbox::KVBox;
13 pub use self::kbox::VBox;
14 
15 pub use self::kvec::IntoIter;
16 pub use self::kvec::KVVec;
17 pub use self::kvec::KVec;
18 pub use self::kvec::VVec;
19 pub use self::kvec::Vec;
20 
21 /// Indicates an allocation error.
22 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
23 pub struct AllocError;
24 
25 use crate::prelude::*;
26 
27 use core::{
28     alloc::Layout,
29     ptr::NonNull, //
30 };
31 
32 /// Flags to be used when allocating memory.
33 ///
34 /// They can be combined with the operators `|`, `&`, and `!`.
35 ///
36 /// Values can be used from the [`flags`] module.
37 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
38 pub struct Flags(u32);
39 
40 impl Flags {
41     /// Get the raw representation of this flag.
42     pub(crate) fn as_raw(self) -> u32 {
43         self.0
44     }
45 
46     /// Check whether `flags` is contained in `self`.
47     pub fn contains(self, flags: Flags) -> bool {
48         (self & flags) == flags
49     }
50 }
51 
52 impl core::ops::BitOr for Flags {
53     type Output = Self;
54     fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
55         Self(self.0 | rhs.0)
56     }
57 }
58 
59 impl core::ops::BitAnd for Flags {
60     type Output = Self;
61     fn bitand(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
62         Self(self.0 & rhs.0)
63     }
64 }
65 
66 impl core::ops::Not for Flags {
67     type Output = Self;
68     fn not(self) -> Self::Output {
69         Self(!self.0)
70     }
71 }
72 
73 /// Allocation flags.
74 ///
75 /// These are meant to be used in functions that can allocate memory.
76 pub mod flags {
77     use super::Flags;
78 
79     /// Zeroes out the allocated memory.
80     ///
81     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
82     pub const __GFP_ZERO: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_ZERO);
83 
84     /// Allow the allocation to be in high memory.
85     ///
86     /// Allocations in high memory may not be mapped into the kernel's address space, so this can't
87     /// be used with `kmalloc` and other similar methods.
88     ///
89     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
90     pub const __GFP_HIGHMEM: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_HIGHMEM);
91 
92     /// Users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed.
93     ///
94     /// A lower watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves". The current
95     /// implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict non-preemptive contexts (e.g.
96     /// `raw_spin_lock`). The same applies to [`GFP_NOWAIT`].
97     pub const GFP_ATOMIC: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_ATOMIC);
98 
99     /// Typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires `ZONE_NORMAL` or a lower zone
100     /// for direct access but can direct reclaim.
101     pub const GFP_KERNEL: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL);
102 
103     /// The same as [`GFP_KERNEL`], except the allocation is accounted to kmemcg.
104     pub const GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
105 
106     /// For kernel allocations that should not stall for direct reclaim, start physical IO or
107     /// use any filesystem callback.  It is very likely to fail to allocate memory, even for very
108     /// small allocations.
109     pub const GFP_NOWAIT: Flags = Flags(bindings::GFP_NOWAIT);
110 
111     /// Suppresses allocation failure reports.
112     ///
113     /// This is normally or'd with other flags.
114     pub const __GFP_NOWARN: Flags = Flags(bindings::__GFP_NOWARN);
115 }
116 
117 /// Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) node identifier.
118 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
119 pub struct NumaNode(i32);
120 
121 impl NumaNode {
122     /// Create a new NUMA node identifier (non-negative integer).
123     ///
124     /// Returns [`EINVAL`] if a negative id or an id exceeding [`bindings::MAX_NUMNODES`] is
125     /// specified.
126     pub fn new(node: i32) -> Result<Self> {
127         // MAX_NUMNODES never exceeds 2**10 because NODES_SHIFT is 0..10.
128         if node < 0 || node >= bindings::MAX_NUMNODES as i32 {
129             return Err(EINVAL);
130         }
131         Ok(Self(node))
132     }
133 }
134 
135 /// Specify necessary constant to pass the information to Allocator that the caller doesn't care
136 /// about the NUMA node to allocate memory from.
137 impl NumaNode {
138     /// No node preference.
139     pub const NO_NODE: NumaNode = NumaNode(bindings::NUMA_NO_NODE);
140 }
141 
142 /// The kernel's [`Allocator`] trait.
143 ///
144 /// An implementation of [`Allocator`] can allocate, re-allocate and free memory buffers described
145 /// via [`Layout`].
146 ///
147 /// [`Allocator`] is designed to be implemented as a ZST; [`Allocator`] functions do not operate on
148 /// an object instance.
149 ///
150 /// In order to be able to support `#[derive(CoercePointee)]` later on, we need to avoid a design
151 /// that requires an `Allocator` to be instantiated, hence its functions must not contain any kind
152 /// of `self` parameter.
153 ///
154 /// # Safety
155 ///
156 /// - A memory allocation returned from an allocator must remain valid until it is explicitly freed.
157 ///
158 /// - Any pointer to a valid memory allocation must be valid to be passed to any other [`Allocator`]
159 ///   function of the same type.
160 ///
161 /// - Implementers must ensure that all trait functions abide by the guarantees documented in the
162 ///   `# Guarantees` sections.
163 pub unsafe trait Allocator {
164     /// The minimum alignment satisfied by all allocations from this allocator.
165     ///
166     /// # Guarantees
167     ///
168     /// Any pointer allocated by this allocator is guaranteed to be aligned to `MIN_ALIGN` even if
169     /// the requested layout has a smaller alignment.
170     const MIN_ALIGN: usize;
171 
172     /// Allocate memory based on `layout`, `flags` and `nid`.
173     ///
174     /// On success, returns a buffer represented as `NonNull<[u8]>` that satisfies the layout
175     /// constraints (i.e. minimum size and alignment as specified by `layout`).
176     ///
177     /// This function is equivalent to `realloc` when called with `None`.
178     ///
179     /// # Guarantees
180     ///
181     /// When the return value is `Ok(ptr)`, then `ptr` is
182     /// - valid for reads and writes for `layout.size()` bytes, until it is passed to
183     ///   [`Allocator::free`] or [`Allocator::realloc`],
184     /// - aligned to `layout.align()`,
185     ///
186     /// Additionally, `Flags` are honored as documented in
187     /// <https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/mm-api.html#mm-api-gfp-flags>.
188     fn alloc(layout: Layout, flags: Flags, nid: NumaNode) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError> {
189         // SAFETY: Passing `None` to `realloc` is valid by its safety requirements and asks for a
190         // new memory allocation.
191         unsafe { Self::realloc(None, layout, Layout::new::<()>(), flags, nid) }
192     }
193 
194     /// Re-allocate an existing memory allocation to satisfy the requested `layout` and
195     /// a specific NUMA node request to allocate the memory for.
196     ///
197     /// Systems employing a Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture contain collections of
198     /// hardware resources including processors, memory, and I/O buses, that comprise what is
199     /// commonly known as a NUMA node.
200     ///
201     /// `nid` stands for NUMA id, i. e. NUMA node identifier, which is a non-negative integer
202     /// if a node needs to be specified, or [`NumaNode::NO_NODE`] if the caller doesn't care.
203     ///
204     /// If the requested size is zero, `realloc` behaves equivalent to `free`.
205     ///
206     /// If the requested size is larger than the size of the existing allocation, a successful call
207     /// to `realloc` guarantees that the new or grown buffer has at least `Layout::size` bytes, but
208     /// may also be larger.
209     ///
210     /// If the requested size is smaller than the size of the existing allocation, `realloc` may or
211     /// may not shrink the buffer; this is implementation specific to the allocator.
212     ///
213     /// On allocation failure, the existing buffer, if any, remains valid.
214     ///
215     /// The buffer is represented as `NonNull<[u8]>`.
216     ///
217     /// # Safety
218     ///
219     /// - If `ptr == Some(p)`, then `p` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation
220     ///   created by this [`Allocator`]; if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a
221     ///   pointer returned by this [`Allocator`].
222     /// - `ptr` is allowed to be `None`; in this case a new memory allocation is created and
223     ///   `old_layout` is ignored.
224     /// - `old_layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
225     ///
226     /// # Guarantees
227     ///
228     /// This function has the same guarantees as [`Allocator::alloc`]. When `ptr == Some(p)`, then
229     /// it additionally guarantees that:
230     /// - the contents of the memory pointed to by `p` are preserved up to the lesser of the new
231     ///   and old size, i.e. `ret_ptr[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())] ==
232     ///   p[0..min(layout.size(), old_layout.size())]`.
233     /// - when the return value is `Err(AllocError)`, then `ptr` is still valid.
234     unsafe fn realloc(
235         ptr: Option<NonNull<u8>>,
236         layout: Layout,
237         old_layout: Layout,
238         flags: Flags,
239         nid: NumaNode,
240     ) -> Result<NonNull<[u8]>, AllocError>;
241 
242     /// Free an existing memory allocation.
243     ///
244     /// # Safety
245     ///
246     /// - `ptr` must point to an existing and valid memory allocation created by this [`Allocator`];
247     ///   if `old_layout` is zero-sized `p` does not need to be a pointer returned by this
248     ///   [`Allocator`].
249     /// - `layout` must match the `Layout` the allocation has been created with.
250     /// - The memory allocation at `ptr` must never again be read from or written to.
251     unsafe fn free(ptr: NonNull<u8>, layout: Layout) {
252         // SAFETY: The caller guarantees that `ptr` points at a valid allocation created by this
253         // allocator. We are passing a `Layout` with the smallest possible alignment, so it is
254         // smaller than or equal to the alignment previously used with this allocation.
255         let _ = unsafe {
256             Self::realloc(
257                 Some(ptr),
258                 Layout::new::<()>(),
259                 layout,
260                 Flags(0),
261                 NumaNode::NO_NODE,
262             )
263         };
264     }
265 }
266 
267 /// Returns a properly aligned dangling pointer from the given `layout`.
268 pub(crate) fn dangling_from_layout(layout: Layout) -> NonNull<u8> {
269     let ptr = layout.align() as *mut u8;
270 
271     // SAFETY: `layout.align()` (and hence `ptr`) is guaranteed to be non-zero.
272     unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }
273 }
274