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#      memalloc.cdl
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#      Dynamic memory allocator services configuration data
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# Author(s):      jlarmour
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cdl_package CYGPKG_MEMALLOC {
    display       "Dynamic memory allocation"
    description   "
        This package provides memory allocator infrastructure required for
        dynamic memory allocators, including the ISO standard malloc
        interface. It also contains some sample implementations."
    include_dir   cyg/memalloc
    compile       dlmalloc.cxx kapi.cxx malloc.cxx memfixed.cxx memvar.cxx

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    cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATORS {
        display       "Memory allocator implementations"
        flavor        none
        no_define
        description   "
            This component contains configuration options related to the 
            various memory allocators available."

        cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_FIXED {
            display       "Fixed block allocator"
            flavor        none
            no_define
            description   "
                This component contains configuration options related to the 
                fixed block memory allocator."

            cdl_option CYGSEM_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_FIXED_THREADAWARE {
                display        "Make thread safe"
                active_if      CYGPKG_KERNEL
                default_value  1
                description    "
                    With this option enabled, this allocator will be
                    made thread-safe. Additionally allocation functions
                    are made available that allow a thread to wait
                    until memory is available."
            }
        }

        cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_VARIABLE {
            display       "Simple variable block allocator"
            flavor        none
            no_define
            description   "
                This component contains configuration options related to the 
                simple variable block memory allocator. This allocator is not
                very fast, and in particular does not scale well with large
                numbers of allocations. It is however very compact in terms of
                code size and does not have very much overhead per allocation."

            cdl_option CYGSEM_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_VARIABLE_THREADAWARE {
                display        "Make thread safe"
                active_if      CYGPKG_KERNEL
                default_value  1
                description    "
                    With this option enabled, this allocator will be
                    made thread-safe. Additionally allocation functions
                    are added that allow a thread to wait until memory
                    are made available that allow a thread to wait
                    until memory is available."
            }

            cdl_option CYGSEM_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_VARIABLE_COALESCE {
                display       "Coalesce memory"
                default_value 1
                description   "
                    The variable-block memory allocator can perform coalescing
                    of memory whenever the application code releases memory back
                    to the pool. This coalescing reduces the possibility of
                    memory fragmentation problems, but involves extra code and
                    processor cycles."
            }
        }

        cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_DLMALLOC {
            display       "Doug Lea's malloc"
            flavor        none
            description   "
                This component contains configuration options related to the 
                port of Doug Lea's memory allocator, normally known as
                dlmalloc. dlmalloc has a reputation for being both fast
                and space-conserving, as well as resisting fragmentation well.
                It is a common choice for a general purpose allocator and
                has been used in both newlib and Linux glibc."

            cdl_option CYGDBG_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_DLMALLOC_DEBUG {
                display       "Debug build"
                requires      CYGDBG_USE_ASSERTS
                default_value { 0 != CYGDBG_USE_ASSERTS }
                description   "
                    Doug Lea's malloc implementation has substantial amounts
                    of internal checking in order to verify the operation
                    and consistency of the allocator. However this imposes
                    substantial overhead on each operation. Therefore this
                    checking may be individually disabled."
            }

            cdl_option CYGIMP_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_DLMALLOC_THREADAWARE {
                display       "Make thread safe"
                active_if     CYGPKG_KERNEL
                requires      CYGPKG_KERNEL
                default_value 1
                description   "
                    With this option enabled, this allocator will be
                    made thread-safe. Additionally allocation functions
                    are made available that allow a thread to wait
                    until memory is available."
            }
        
            cdl_option CYGIMP_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_DLMALLOC_SAFE_MULTIPLE {
                display       "Support more than one instance"
                default_value 1
                description   "
                    Having this option disabled allows important
                    implementation structures to be declared as a single
                    static instance, allowing faster access. However this
                    would fail if there is more than one instance of
                    the dlmalloc allocator class. Therefore this option can
                    be enabled if multiple instances are required. Note: as
                    a special case, if this allocator is used as the
                    implementation of malloc, and it can be determined there
                    is more than one malloc pool, then this option will be
                    silently enabled."
            }

           cdl_option CYGIMP_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_DLMALLOC_USE_MEMCPY {
                display       "Use system memcpy() and memset()"
                requires      CYGPKG_ISOINFRA
                default_value { 0 != CYGPKG_ISOINFRA }
                description   "
                    This may be used to control whether memset() and memcpy()
                    are used within the implementation. The alternative is
                    to use some macro equivalents, which some people report
                    are faster in some circumstances."
           }
        }
    }

    cdl_option CYGFUN_MEMALLOC_KAPI {
        display       "Kernel C API support for memory allocation"
        active_if     CYGPKG_KERNEL
        default_value CYGFUN_KERNEL_API_C
        description   "
            This option must be enabled to provide the extensions required
            to support integration into the kernel C API."
    }       

    cdl_option CYGSEM_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ZERO_RETURNS_NULL {
        display       "malloc(0) returns NULL"
        default_value 0
        description   "
            This option controls the behavior of malloc(0) ( or calloc with
            either argument 0 ). It is permitted by the standard to return
            either a NULL pointer or a unique pointer. Enabling this option
            forces a NULL pointer to be returned."
    }       

    cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ALLOCATORS {
        display      "malloc() and supporting allocators"
        flavor        bool
        active_if     CYGPKG_ISOINFRA
        implements    CYGINT_ISO_MALLOC
        implements    CYGINT_ISO_MALLINFO
        default_value 1
        description   "
            This component enables support for dynamic memory
            allocation as supplied by the functions malloc(),
            free(), calloc() and realloc(). As these
            functions are often used, but can have quite an
            overhead, disabling them here can ensure they
            cannot even be used accidentally when static
            allocation is preferred. Within this component are
            various allocators that can be selected for use
            as the underlying implementation of the dynamic
            allocation functions."

        make -priority 50 {
            heapgeninc.tcl : <PACKAGE>/src/heapgen.cpp
            $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -Wp,-MD,heapgen.tmp -E $< > $@
            @echo $@ ':' $< '\' > $(notdir $@).deps
            @tail +2 heapgen.tmp >> $(notdir $@).deps
            @echo >> $(notdir $@).deps
            @rm heapgen.tmp
        }
    
        # FIXME this should have a dependency on mlt_headers, but CDL doesn't
        # permit custom build rules depending on phony targets
        # FIXME we workaround an NT cygtclsh80 bug by cd'ing into the
        # correct dir and running heapgen.tcl from there rather than passing
        # an absolute path.
        make -priority 50 {
            heaps.cxx : heapgeninc.tcl <PACKAGE>/src/heapgen.tcl
            sh -c "PWD=`pwd` ; cd $(REPOSITORY)/$(PACKAGE)/src ; sh heapgen.tcl \"$(PREFIX)\" \"$$PWD\""
            @cp heaps.hxx "$(PREFIX)"/include/pkgconf/heaps.hxx
            @chmod u+w "$(PREFIX)"/include/pkgconf/heaps.hxx
        }

        make_object {
            heaps.o.d : heaps.cxx
            $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -Wp,-MD,heaps.tmp -c -o $(OBJECT_PREFIX)_$(notdir $(@:.o.d=.o)) $<
            @echo $@ ':' $< '\' > $@
            @tail +2 heaps.tmp >> $@
            @echo >> $@
            @rm heaps.tmp
        }

        cdl_interface CYGINT_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ALLOCATORS {
            display       "malloc() allocator implementations"
            requires      { CYGINT_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ALLOCATORS == 1 }
            no_define
        }

        cdl_option CYGBLD_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_IMPLEMENTATION_HEADER {
            display       "malloc() implementation instantiation data"
            flavor        data
            description   "
                Memory allocator implementations that are capable of being
                used underneath malloc() must be instantiated. The code
                to do this is set in this option. It is only intended to
                be set by the implementation, not the user."
            # default corresponds to the default allocator
            default_value {"<cyg/memalloc/dlmalloc.hxx>"}
        }

        cdl_option CYGIMP_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_VARIABLE_SIMPLE {
            display       "Simple variable block implementation"
            description   "This causes malloc() to use the simple
                           variable block allocator."
            default_value 0
            implements    CYGINT_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ALLOCATORS
            requires      { CYGBLD_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_IMPLEMENTATION_HEADER == \
                            "<cyg/memalloc/memvar.hxx>" }
            requires      CYGSEM_MEMALLOC_ALLOCATOR_VARIABLE_COALESCE
        }

        cdl_option CYGIMP_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_DLMALLOC {
            display       "Doug Lea's malloc implementation"
            description   "This causes malloc() to use a version of Doug Lea's
                           malloc (dlmalloc) as the underlying implementation."
            default_value 1
            implements    CYGINT_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_ALLOCATORS
            requires      { CYGBLD_MEMALLOC_MALLOC_IMPLEMENTATION_HEADER == \
                            "<cyg/memalloc/dlmalloc.hxx>" }
        }
    }
    cdl_option CYGNUM_MEMALLOC_FALLBACK_MALLOC_POOL_SIZE {
        display       "Size of the fallback dynamic memory pool in bytes"
        flavor        data
        legal_values  32 to 0x7fffffff
        default_value 16384
        description   "
            If *no* heaps are configured in your memory layout,
            dynamic memory allocation by
            malloc() and calloc() must be from a fixed-size,
            contiguous memory pool (note here that it is the
            pool that is of a fixed size, but malloc() is still
            able to allocate variable sized chunks of memory
            from it). This option is the size
            of that pool, in bytes. Note that not all of
            this is available for programs to
            use - some is needed for internal information
            about memory regions, and some may be lost to
            ensure that memory allocation only returns
            memory aligned on word (or double word)
            boundaries - a very common architecture
            constraint."
    }
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    cdl_component CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_OPTIONS {
        display "Common memory allocator package build options"
        flavor  none
        no_define
        description   "
	    Package specific build options including control over
	    compiler flags used only in building this package,
	    and details of which tests are built."

        cdl_option CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_CFLAGS_ADD {
            display "Additional compiler flags"
            flavor  data
            no_define
            default_value { "" }
            description   "
                This option modifies the set of compiler flags for
                building this package. These flags are used in addition
                to the set of global flags."
        }

        cdl_option CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_CFLAGS_REMOVE {
            display "Suppressed compiler flags"
            flavor  data
            no_define
            default_value { "" }
            description   "
                This option modifies the set of compiler flags for
                building this package. These flags are removed from
                the set of global flags if present."
        }

        cdl_option CYGPKG_MEMALLOC_TESTS {
            display "Tests"
            flavor  data
            no_define
            calculated { "tests/dlmalloc1 tests/dlmalloc2 tests/kmemfix1 tests/kmemvar1 tests/malloc1 tests/malloc2 tests/malloc3 tests/malloc4 tests/memfix1 tests/memfix2 tests/memvar1 tests/memvar2 tests/realloc" }
            description   "
                This option specifies the set of tests for this package."
        }
    }
}

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# EOF memalloc.cdl