This adds a new kconfig for eviction algorithm which needs page
tracking. When enabled, k_mem_paging_eviction_add()/_remove()
and k_mem_paging_eviction_accessed() must be implemented.
If an algorithm does not do page tracking, there is no need to
implement these functions, and no need for the kernel MMU code
to call into empty functions. This should save a few function
calls and some CPU cycles.
Note that arm64 unconditionally calls those functions so
forces CONFIG_EVICTION_TRACKING to be enabled there.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
This sets initial unpaged mappings for __ondemand_func code and
__ondemand_rodata variables. To achieve this, we have to augment the
backing store API.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@baylibre.com>
Also any demand paging and page frame related bits are
renamed.
This is part of a series to move memory management related
stuff out of the Z_ namespace into its own namespace.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
This is part of a series to move memory management related
stuff from Z_ namespace into its own namespace.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
The struct z_page_frame is marked __packed to avoid extra padding as
such padding may represent significant memory waste when lots of page
frames are used. However this is a bad strategy.
The code contained this somewhat dubious comment and code in
free_page_frame_list_put():
/* The structure is packed, which ensures that this is true */
void *node = pf;
sys_slist_append(&free_page_frame_list, node);
This is bad for many reasons:
- type checking is completely bypassed;
- if the sys_snode_t node member is no longer located at the front of
struct z_page_frame then the code will still compile and possibly run
but be broken with memory corruption as a likely outcome;
- the sys_slist_append() code is completely unaware of the packed
attribute which breaks architectures with alignment restrictions.
Let's improve code efficiency as well as memory usage by removing the
packed attribute and manually packing the flags in the unused virtual
address bits. This way the page frame array remains naturally aligned,
data access becomes optimal and the actual array size gets even smaller.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <npitre@baylibre.com>
Move this section under the kernel and alongside other core and low
level features that are tied to the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
