Re: lib/genalloc

[Alexey Skidanov <alexey.skidanov@intel.com>]

On 11/2/18 11:16 PM, Daniel Mentz wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 1:55 PM Alexey Skidanov
> <alexey.skidanov@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/2/18 9:17 PM, Daniel Mentz wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:07 AM Alexey Skidanov
>>> <alexey.skidanov@intel.com> wrote:
>>>> On 11/1/18 18:48, Stephen  Bates wrote:
>>>>>>    I use gen_pool_first_fit_align() as pool allocation algorithm allocating
>>>>>>    buffers with requested alignment. But if a chunk base address is not
>>>>>>    aligned to the requested alignment(from some reason), the returned
>>>>>>    address is not aligned too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexey
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you try using gen_pool_first_fit_order_align()? Will that give you the alignment you need?
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I think it will not help me. Let's assume that the chunk base address is
>>>> 0x2F400000 and I want to allocate 16MB aligned buffer. I get back the
>>>> 0x2F400000. I think it happens because of this string in the
>>>> gen_pool_alloc_algo():
>>>>
>>>> addr = chunk->start_addr + ((unsigned long)start_bit << order);
>>>>
>>>> and the gen_pool_first_fit_align() implementation that doesn't take into
>>>> account the "incorrect" chunk base alignment.
>>>
>>> gen_pool_first_fit_align() has no information about the chunk base
>>> alignment. Hence, it can't take it into account.
>>>
>>> How do you request the alignment in your code?
>>>
>>> I agree with your analysis that gen_pool_first_fit_align() performs
>>> alignment only with respect to the start of the chunk not the memory
>>> address that gen_pool_alloc_algo() returns. I guess a solution would
>>> be to only add chunks that satisfy all your alignment requirements. In
>>> your case, you must only add chunks that are 16MB aligned.
>>> I am unsure whether this is by design, but I believe it's the way that
>>> the code currently works.
>>>
>>
>> Daniel,
>>
>> I think the better solution is to use bitmap_find_next_zero_area_off()
>> that receives the bit offset (CMA allocator uses it to solve the same
>> issue). Of course, we need to pass the chunk base address to the
>> gen_pool_first_fit_align().
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> Yeah, I guess you could extend genpool_algo_t to include the
> information you need i.e. the offset and then provide a modified
> version of gen_pool_first_fit_align() that does take your offset into
> account. I wouldn't change gen_pool_first_fit_align(), though, because
> existing users might depend on the current behavior.
> 
I think that the "fixed" version of gen_pool_first_fit_align() is less
restrictive with respect to chunk base address - it will work correctly
with arbitrary aligned chunks.

Thanks,
Alexey