haiku/src/system
Ingo Weinhold b4e5e49823 MemoryManager:
* Added support to do larger raw allocations (up to one large chunk (128 pages))
  in the slab areas. For an even larger allocation an area is created (haven't
  seen that happen yet, though).
* Added kernel tracing (SLAB_MEMORY_MANAGER_TRACING).
* _FreeArea(): Copy and paste bug: The meta chunks of the to be freed area
  would be added to the free lists instead of being removed from them. This
  would corrupt the lists and also lead to all kinds of misuse of meta chunks.

object caches:
* Implemented CACHE_ALIGN_ON_SIZE. It is no longer set for all small object
  caches, but the block allocator sets it on all power of two size caches.
* object_cache_reserve_internal(): Detect recursion and don't wait in such a
  case. The function could deadlock itself, since
  HashedObjectCache::CreateSlab() does allocate memory, thus potentially
  reentering.
* object_cache_low_memory():
  - I missed some returns when reworking that one in r35254, so the function
    might stop early and also leave the cache in maintenance mode, which would
    cause it to be ignored by object cache resizer and low memory handler from
    that point on.
  - Since ReturnSlab() potentially unlocks, the conditions weren't quite correct
    and too many slabs could be freed.
  - Simplified things a bit.
* object_cache_alloc(): Since object_cache_reserve_internal() does potentially
  unlock the cache, the situation might have changed and their might not be an
  empty slab available, but a partial one. The function would crash.
* Renamed the object cache tracing variable to SLAB_OBJECT_CACHE_TRACING.
* Renamed debugger command "cache_info" to "slab_cache" to avoid confusion with
  the VMCache commands.
* ObjectCache::usage was not maintained anymore since I introduced the
  MemoryManager. object_cache_get_usage() would thus always return 0 and the
  block cache would not be considered cached memory. This was only of
  informational relevance, though.

slab allocator misc.:
* Disable the object depots of block allocator caches for object sizes > 2 KB.
  Allocations of those sizes aren't so common that the object depots yield any
  benefit.
* The slab allocator is now fully self-sufficient. It allocates its bootstrap
  memory from the MemoryManager, and the hash tables for HashedObjectCaches use
  the block allocator instead of the heap, now.
* Added option to use the slab allocator for malloc() and friends
  (USE_SLAB_ALLOCATOR_FOR_MALLOC). Currently disabled. Works in principle and
  has virtually no lock contention. Handling for low memory situations is yet
  missing, though.
* Improved the output of some debugger commands.


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boot Applied patch by "Grey": 2010-01-13 15:02:55 +00:00
glue Should have been part of r30818. The version "glue". 2009-05-21 15:05:45 +00:00
kernel MemoryManager: 2010-01-25 13:46:58 +00:00
ldscripts Patch by Andreas Faerber: 2010-01-02 10:21:09 +00:00
libroot axeld+stippi: 2010-01-19 15:40:24 +00:00
runtime_loader Pre-load shared objects as libraries, so their symbols will be used 2009-12-28 00:05:10 +00:00
Jamfile Reorganized building of kernel, boot loader, and libroot. 2005-11-27 00:27:19 +00:00