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2022-04-24 | til_setup: add til_setup_new() helper | Vito Caputo | |
For use when setup functions allocate their private setup to return in *res_setup. They specify the size of their private setup, and supply the free function to use. This may be libc's free() when it's a simple setup struct, or a bespoke free function when deep/complex freeing is required for cleanup. It's expected that callers will be embedding til_setup_t at the start of their private setup struct, and returning a pointer to this in *res_setup which would be the same value as a pointer to to their private setup struct. | |||
2022-04-24 | til_setup: introduce til_setup_t | Vito Caputo | |
Preparatory commit for providing a res_setup type to replace void*. The impetus for this isn't just pursuit of less void*, but primarily implementing setup freeing by embedding this struct into the private setup types. An alternative method of adding setup freeing would have been to introduce something like til_module_t.free_setup(). But that would require having the til_module_t on hand, and the whole setup machinery is more generalized than til_module_t anyways. This way anything can simply embed the struct in their private setup instance and return the pointer to that in *res_setup. They should always be able to find their containing struct's offset from the til_setup_t* they returned. Either by using container_of(), or simply placing it at the start of the private setup struct. |