chunk_alloc allows arrays (or any data) to be allocated in smaller chunks
you have to save the indices..
variable data will have variable indices you need to
store these as [chunk_alloc] doesn't keep track
if you have a fixed size for each
alloc you can do indice / sizeof(data)
or index * sizeof(data) to convert
Lots of debug stuff still in and it needs optimization
User provides chunk_size and max_chunks
max_chunks * struct chunk will be allocated at start
with (1) chunk_size allocation initially
alloc_chunk() with size = 0 shrinks the last allocation to the size of the data used
add OOM checks on buflib_alloc -- oops
move bytes available to the header -- less memory per chunk & better alignment
keep track of the current in use chunk index -- should speed things up a bit
Now allows:
realloc chunk header
larger allocations than chunk size
reallocs smaller than existing will shrink the current array
rather than alloc a new and copy data
Comments welcome :)
Change-Id: I8ed170eef73da95da19430a80b32e5debf0c8276
