/** * @file rtems/rtems/part.h * * @defgroup ClassicPart Partitions * * @ingroup ClassicRTEMS * @brief Partition Manager * * 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) 1989-2008. * On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). * * The license and distribution terms for this file may be * found in the file LICENSE in this distribution or at * http://www.rtems.org/license/LICENSE. */ #ifndef _RTEMS_RTEMS_PART_H #define _RTEMS_RTEMS_PART_H #include #include #include #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * @defgroup ClassicPart Partitions * * @ingroup ClassicRTEMS * * This encapsulates functionality related to the * Classic API Partition Manager. */ /**@{*/ /** * The following defines the control block used to manage each partition. */ typedef struct { /** This field is the object management portion of a Partition instance. */ Objects_Control Object; /** This field is the physical starting address of the Partition. */ void *starting_address; /** This field is the size of the Partition in bytes. */ intptr_t length; /** This field is the size of each buffer in bytes */ uint32_t buffer_size; /** This field is the attribute set provided at create time. */ rtems_attribute attribute_set; /** This field is the of allocated buffers. */ uint32_t number_of_used_blocks; /** This field is the chain used to manage unallocated buffers. */ Chain_Control Memory; } Partition_Control; /** * @brief RTEMS Partition Create * * Partition Manager * * 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, uint32_t length, uint32_t buffer_size, rtems_attribute attribute_set, rtems_id *id ); /** * @brief RTEMS Partition Ident * * 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. * * @param[in] name is the user defined partition name * @param[in] node is(are) the node(s) to be searched * @param[in] id is the pointer to partition id * * @retval RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL if successful or error code if unsuccessful and * *id filled in with the partition id */ rtems_status_code rtems_partition_ident( rtems_name name, uint32_t node, rtems_id *id ); /** * @brief RTEMS Delete Partition * * This routine implements the rtems_partition_delete directive. The * partition indicated by ID is deleted, provided that none of its buffers * are still allocated. * * @param[in] id is the partition id * * @retval This method returns RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL if there was not an * error. Otherwise, a status code is returned indicating the * source of the error. */ rtems_status_code rtems_partition_delete( rtems_id id ); /** * @brief RTEMS Get Partition Buffer * * 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. * * @param[in] id is the partition id * @param[out] buffer is the pointer to buffer address * * @retval RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL if successful or error code if unsuccessful */ rtems_status_code rtems_partition_get_buffer( rtems_id id, void **buffer ); /** * @brief rtems_partition_return_buffer * * 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( rtems_id id, void *buffer ); /**@}*/ #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* end of include file */