Pools
Kore provides a memory pool interface allowing you to create your own.
Pools are automatically thread-safe if Kore was built with TASKS=1.
Index
kore_pool_init
Synopsis
void kore_pool_init(struct kore_pool *pool, const char *name, size_t len, size_t elm)
Description
Initializes a new pool.
Parameter | Description |
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pool | A pointer to a pool. |
name | The name to give to the pool. This name is shown in the logs if the pool is exhausted. |
len | The size in bytes of each element. |
elm | The number of initial elements to preallocate to the pool. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_pool_cleanup
Synopsis
void kore_pool_cleanup(struct kore_pool *pool)
Description
Deallocate and cleanup a pool.
Parameter | Description |
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pool | A pointer to a pool. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_pool_get
Synopsis
void *kore_pool_get(struct kore_pool *pool)
Description
Obtain a pointer to a free element from the given pool. If a pool runs out of free elements it is automatically grown in size.
Parameter | Description |
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pool | A pointer to a pool. |
Returns
Returns a pointer to an area that is large enough to hold the data length the pool was initialized with.
kore_pool_put
Synopsis
void kore_pool_put(struct kore_pool *pool, void *ptr)
Description
Returns the given pointer back to its pool.
Parameter | Description |
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pool | A pointer to a pool. |
ptr | The pointer to be returned to the pool. |
Returns
Nothing