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/* partition.h
*
* This include file contains all the constants and structures associated
* with the Partition Manager. This manager provides facilities to
* dynamically allocate memory in fixed-sized units which are returned
* as buffers.
*
* Directives provided are:
*
* + create a partition
* + get an ID of a partition
* + delete a partition
* + get a buffer from a partition
* + return a buffer to a partition
*
* COPYRIGHT (c) 1989-1997.
* On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
* Copyright assigned to U.S. Government, 1994.
*
* The license and distribution terms for this file may in
* the file LICENSE in this distribution or at
* http://www.OARcorp.com/rtems/license.html.
*
* $Id$
*/
#ifndef __RTEMS_PARTITION_h
#define __RTEMS_PARTITION_h
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#include <rtems/score/address.h>
#include <rtems/score/object.h>
#include <rtems/rtems/attr.h>
#include <rtems/rtems/types.h>
/*
* The following defines the control block used to manage each partition.
*/
typedef struct {
Objects_Control Object;
void *starting_address; /* physical address */
unsigned32 length; /* in bytes */
unsigned32 buffer_size; /* in bytes */
rtems_attribute attribute_set; /* attributes */
unsigned32 number_of_used_blocks; /* or allocated buffers */
Chain_Control Memory; /* buffer chain */
} Partition_Control;
/*
* The following defines the information control block used to
* manage this class of objects.
*/
RTEMS_EXTERN Objects_Information _Partition_Information;
/*
* _Partition_Manager_initialization
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine performs the initialization necessary for this manager.
*/
void _Partition_Manager_initialization(
unsigned32 maximum_partitions
);
/*
* rtems_partition_create
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine implements the rtems_partition_create directive. The
* partition will have the name name. The memory area managed by
* the partition is of length bytes and starts at starting_address.
* The memory area will be divided into as many buffers of
* buffer_size bytes as possible. The attribute_set determines if
* the partition is global or local. It returns the id of the
* created partition in ID.
*/
rtems_status_code rtems_partition_create(
rtems_name name,
void *starting_address,
unsigned32 length,
unsigned32 buffer_size,
rtems_attribute attribute_set,
Objects_Id *id
);
/*
* rtems_partition_ident
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine implements the rtems_partition_ident directive.
* This directive returns the partition ID associated with name.
* If more than one partition is named name, then the partition
* to which the ID belongs is arbitrary. node indicates the
* extent of the search for the ID of the partition named name.
* The search can be limited to a particular node or allowed to
* encompass all nodes.
*/
rtems_status_code rtems_partition_ident(
rtems_name name,
unsigned32 node,
Objects_Id *id
);
/*
* rtems_partition_delete
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine implements the rtems_partition_delete directive. The
* partition indicated by ID is deleted.
*/
rtems_status_code rtems_partition_delete(
Objects_Id id
);
/*
* rtems_partition_get_buffer
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine implements the rtems_partition_get_buffer directive. It
* attempts to allocate a buffer from the partition associated with ID.
* If a buffer is allocated, its address is returned in buffer.
*/
rtems_status_code rtems_partition_get_buffer(
Objects_Id id,
void **buffer
);
/*
* rtems_partition_return_buffer
*
* DESCRIPTION:
*
* This routine implements the rtems_partition_return_buffer directive. It
* frees the buffer to the partition associated with ID. The buffer must
* have been previously allocated from the same partition.
*/
rtems_status_code rtems_partition_return_buffer(
Objects_Id id,
void *buffer
);
#ifndef __RTEMS_APPLICATION__
#include <rtems/rtems/part.inl>
#endif
#include <rtems/rtems/partmp.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif
/* end of include file */
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