NetApp Interview Question for Interns


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Basically this is an implementation for kernel's version of malloc called kmalloc ...

phys_mem_t phys_mem_get_pages (uint32_t pages, uint32_t align)
{
static uint32_t current=0;
uint32_t stride = (1<<(align-1));
uint32_t mask = ~(stride-1);
uint32_t first;
int wrapped=0;
int found=0;
int i;

current &= mask; /* adjust for alignment */
first = current; /* keep track of where we started */

do
{
/* find a properly aligned bit */
found = get_bit (bitmap,current); // bitmap is an array representing 1 bit for a page in phy memory ... and a 1 represnts it is used and a 0 unused ...
while(!wrapped && !found)
{
current += stride;
if((current+pages) > ARCH_NUM_PAGES) // ARCH_NUM_PAGES is the no. of free pages in the memory ...
current=0;
if(current==first)
wrapped=1;
else
found = get_bit(bitmap,current);
}

/* now see if there are enough contiguous bits */
for(i=current+1;i<(current+pages);i++)
found &= get_bit(bitmap,i);
}
while(!wrapped && !found);

/* if(found) */
/* kprintf("found a bit at %08X\n\r",current); */
/* else */
/* kprintf("nothing found at %08X\n\r",current); */


/* if there is no set of bits to satisfy the request, then return
error code */
if(wrapped)
return PHYS_MEM_NONE;

/* otherwise, clear the bits and return the address */
num_free -= pages;
for(i=current;i<(current+pages);i++)
clear_bit(bitmap,i);

#ifdef DEBUG
kprintf("phys_mem_get_pages returning %08X\n\r",current<<PAGE_BITS);
#endif
return current<<PAGE_BITS;
}

- Vikas May 23, 2012 | Flag Reply


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