[PATCH 8/11] qe_lib: Fix rheap alignment problem

Li Yang leoli at freescale.com
Thu Sep 21 22:19:30 EST 2006


Honor alignment parameter in the rheap allocator.  This is
needed by qe_lib.
Remove compile warning.

Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis at embeddedalley.com>
Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>

---
 arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c  |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 include/asm-ppc/rheap.h   |    4 ++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index ff70964..fe61c92 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= checksum_64.o copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o \
 			   memcpy_64.o usercopy_64.o mem_64.o string.o \
 			   strcase.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE) += rheap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES) += e2a.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XMON)	+= sstep.o
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
index 31e5118..57bf991 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/rheap.c
@@ -423,17 +423,21 @@ void *rh_detach_region(rh_info_t * info,
 	return (void *)s;
 }
 
-void *rh_alloc(rh_info_t * info, int size, const char *owner)
+void *rh_alloc_align(rh_info_t * info, int size, int alignment, const char *owner)
 {
 	struct list_head *l;
 	rh_block_t *blk;
 	rh_block_t *newblk;
 	void *start;
 
-	/* Validate size */
-	if (size <= 0)
+	/* Validate size, (must be power of two) */
+	if (size <= 0 || (alignment & (alignment - 1)) != 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	/* given alignment larger that default rheap alignment */
+	if (alignment > info->alignment)
+		size += alignment - 1;
+
 	/* Align to configured alignment */
 	size = (size + (info->alignment - 1)) & ~(info->alignment - 1);
 
@@ -476,15 +480,27 @@ void *rh_alloc(rh_info_t * info, int siz
 
 	attach_taken_block(info, newblk);
 
+	/* for larger alignment return fixed up pointer  */
+	/* this is no problem with the deallocator since */
+	/* we scan for pointers that lie in the blocks   */
+	if (alignment > info->alignment)
+		start = (void *)(((unsigned long)start + alignment - 1) &
+				~(alignment - 1));
+
 	return start;
 }
 
+void *rh_alloc(rh_info_t * info, int size, const char *owner)
+{
+	return rh_alloc_align(info, size, info->alignment, owner);
+}
+
 /* allocate at precisely the given address */
 void *rh_alloc_fixed(rh_info_t * info, void *start, int size, const char *owner)
 {
 	struct list_head *l;
 	rh_block_t *blk, *newblk1, *newblk2;
-	unsigned long s, e, m, bs, be;
+	unsigned long s, e, m, bs = 0, be = 0;
 
 	/* Validate size */
 	if (size <= 0)
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/rheap.h b/include/asm-ppc/rheap.h
index e6ca1f6..65b9322 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/rheap.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/rheap.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ extern int rh_attach_region(rh_info_t * 
 /* Detach a free region */
 extern void *rh_detach_region(rh_info_t * info, void *start, int size);
 
+/* Allocate the given size from the remote heap (with alignment) */
+extern void *rh_alloc_align(rh_info_t * info, int size, int alignment,
+		const char *owner);
+
 /* Allocate the given size from the remote heap */
 extern void *rh_alloc(rh_info_t * info, int size, const char *owner);




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