gnumach4linux-libre/vm/vm_external.h

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#ifndef	_VM_VM_EXTERNAL_H_
#define _VM_VM_EXTERNAL_H_

/*
 *	External page management hint technology
 *
 *	The data structure exported by this module maintains
 *	a (potentially incomplete) map of the pages written
 *	to external storage for a range of virtual memory.
 */

/*
 *	The data structure representing the state of pages
 *	on external storage.
 */

typedef struct vm_external {
    	int		existence_size;	/* Size of the following bitmap */
	char		*existence_map;	/* A bitmap of pages that have
					 * been written to backing
					 * storage.
					 */
#if 0
	/* XXX: Currently, existence_count is not used.  I guess it
	   could be useful to get rid of the map if the count drops to
	   zero.  */
	int		existence_count;/* Number of bits turned on in
					 * existence_map.
					 */
#endif
} *vm_external_t;

#define	VM_EXTERNAL_NULL	((vm_external_t) 0)

#define VM_EXTERNAL_SMALL_SIZE	128
#define VM_EXTERNAL_LARGE_SIZE	8192

/*
 *	The states that may be recorded for a page of external storage.
 */

typedef int	vm_external_state_t;
#define	VM_EXTERNAL_STATE_EXISTS		1
#define	VM_EXTERNAL_STATE_UNKNOWN		2
#define	VM_EXTERNAL_STATE_ABSENT		3


/*
 *	Routines exported by this module.
 */

/* Initialize the module */
extern void		vm_external_module_initialize(void);
/* Create a vm_external_t */
extern vm_external_t	vm_external_create(vm_offset_t);
/* Destroy one */
extern void vm_external_destroy(vm_external_t);

/* Set state of a page.  */
extern void		vm_external_state_set(vm_external_t, vm_offset_t,
					      vm_external_state_t);
/* Retrieve the state for a given page, if known.  */
#define	vm_external_state_get(e,offset)	(((e) != VM_EXTERNAL_NULL) ? \
					  _vm_external_state_get(e, offset) : \
					  VM_EXTERNAL_STATE_UNKNOWN)
/* HIDDEN routine */
extern vm_external_state_t _vm_external_state_get(vm_external_t, vm_offset_t);

#endif	/* _VM_VM_EXTERNAL_H_ */