lib/memregion.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/lib/memregion.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
lib/memregion.c
Extension
.c
Size
429 bytes
Lines
20
Domain
Kernel Services
Bucket
lib
Inferred role
Kernel Services: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/* identifiers for device / performance-differentiated memory regions */
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/memregion.h>

static DEFINE_IDA(memregion_ids);

int memregion_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
{
	return ida_alloc(&memregion_ids, gfp);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memregion_alloc);

void memregion_free(int id)
{
	ida_free(&memregion_ids, id);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(memregion_free);

Annotation

Implementation Notes