[kvm-unit-tests RFC v1 1/5] lib/vmalloc: vmalloc support for handling allocation metadata

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Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/vmalloc.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vmalloc.c b/lib/vmalloc.c
index e0c7b6b..aca0876 100644
--- a/lib/vmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/vmalloc.c
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #include <bitops.h>
 #include "vmalloc.h"
 
+#define VM_MAGIC 0x7E57C0DE
+
+struct metadata {
+	unsigned long npages;
+	unsigned long magic;
+};
+
 static struct spinlock lock;
 static void *vfree_top = 0;
 static void *page_root;
@@ -25,8 +32,14 @@ static void *page_root;
  *
  * nr is the number of pages to allocate
  * alignment_pages is the alignment of the allocation *in pages*
+ * metadata indicates whether an extra (unaligned) page needs to be allocated
+ * right before the main (aligned) allocation.
+ *
+ * The return value points to the first allocated virtual page, which will
+ * be the (potentially unaligned) metadata page if the metadata flag is
+ * specified.
  */
-void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
+static void *do_alloc_vpages(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order, bool metadata)
 {
 	uintptr_t ptr;
 
@@ -34,6 +47,8 @@ void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
 	ptr = (uintptr_t)vfree_top;
 	ptr -= PAGE_SIZE * nr;
 	ptr &= GENMASK_ULL(63, PAGE_SHIFT + align_order);
+	if (metadata)
+		ptr -= PAGE_SIZE;
 	vfree_top = (void *)ptr;
 	spin_unlock(&lock);
 
@@ -41,6 +56,11 @@ void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
 	return (void *)ptr;
 }
 
+void *alloc_vpages_aligned(ulong nr, unsigned int align_order)
+{
+	return do_alloc_vpages(nr, align_order, false);
+}
+
 void *alloc_vpages(ulong nr)
 {
 	return alloc_vpages_aligned(nr, 0);
@@ -69,35 +89,100 @@ void *vmap(phys_addr_t phys, size_t size)
 	return mem;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Allocate one page, for an object with specified alignment.
+ * The resulting pointer will be aligned to the required alignment, but
+ * intentionally not page-aligned.
+ */
+static void *vm_alloc_one_page(size_t alignment)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	assert(alignment >= sizeof(uintptr_t));
+	assert(alignment < PAGE_SIZE);
+	p = alloc_vpage();
+	install_page(page_root, virt_to_phys(alloc_page()), p);
+	/* write the magic at the beginning of the page */
+	*(uintptr_t *)p = VM_MAGIC;
+	return (void*)((uintptr_t)p + alignment);
+}
+
+static struct metadata *get_metadata(void *p)
+{
+	struct metadata *m = p;
+
+	return m - 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate virtual memory, with the specified minimum alignment.
+ * If the allocation fits in one page, only one page is allocated. Otherwise
+ * enough pages are allocated for the object, plus one to keep metadata
+ * information about the allocation.
  */
 static void *vm_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 {
+	struct metadata *m;
 	phys_addr_t pa;
-	void *mem, *p;
+	uintptr_t p;
+	void *mem;
+	size_t i;
 
+	if (!size)
+		return NULL;
 	assert(is_power_of_2(alignment));
 
+	if (alignment < sizeof(uintptr_t))
+		alignment = sizeof(uintptr_t);
+	/* it fits in one page, allocate only one page */
+	if (alignment + size <= PAGE_SIZE)
+		return vm_alloc_one_page(alignment);
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	alignment = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(alignment) / PAGE_SIZE);
-	mem = p = alloc_vpages_aligned(size, alignment);
-	while (size--) {
+	mem = do_alloc_vpages(size, alignment, true);
+	p = (uintptr_t)mem;
+	/* skip the metadata page */
+	mem = (void *)(p + PAGE_SIZE);
+	/*
+	 * time to actually allocate the physical pages to back our virtual
+	 * allocation; note that we need to allocate one extra page (for the
+	 * metadata), hence the <=
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i <= size; i++, p += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		pa = virt_to_phys(alloc_page());
 		assert(pa);
-		install_page(page_root, pa, p);
-		p += PAGE_SIZE;
+		install_page(page_root, pa, (void *)p);
 	}
+	m = get_metadata(mem);
+	m->npages = size;
+	m->magic = VM_MAGIC;
 	return mem;
 }
 
 static void vm_free(void *mem, size_t size)
 {
-	while (size) {
-		free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, mem)));
-		mem += PAGE_SIZE;
-		size -= PAGE_SIZE;
+	struct metadata *m;
+	uintptr_t ptr, end;
+
+	/* the pointer is not page-aligned, it was a single-page allocation */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED((uintptr_t)mem, PAGE_SIZE)) {
+		ptr = virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, mem) & PAGE_MASK;
+		assert(*(uintptr_t *)ptr == VM_MAGIC);
+		free_page(phys_to_virt(ptr));
+		return;
 	}
+
+	/* the pointer is page-aligned, it was a multi-page allocation */
+	m = get_metadata(mem);
+	assert(m->magic == VM_MAGIC);
+	assert(m->npages > 0);
+	/* free all the pages including the metadata page */
+	ptr = (uintptr_t)mem - PAGE_SIZE;
+	end = ptr + m->npages * PAGE_SIZE;
+	for ( ; ptr < end; ptr += PAGE_SIZE)
+		free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, (void *)ptr)));
+	/* free the last one separately to avoid overflow issues */
+	free_page(phys_to_virt(virt_to_pte_phys(page_root, (void *)ptr)));
 }
 
 static struct alloc_ops vmalloc_ops = {
-- 
2.26.2




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