decoder_allocators.hpp

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#ifndef __ZMQ_DECODER_ALLOCATORS_HPP_INCLUDED__
#define __ZMQ_DECODER_ALLOCATORS_HPP_INCLUDED__

#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdlib>

#include "atomic_counter.hpp"
#include "msg.hpp"
#include "err.hpp"

namespace zmq
{
    // Static buffer policy.
    class c_single_allocator
    {
    public:
        explicit c_single_allocator (std::size_t bufsize_) :
                bufsize(bufsize_),
                buf(static_cast <unsigned char*> (std::malloc (bufsize)))
        {
            alloc_assert (buf);
        }

        ~c_single_allocator ()
        {
            std::free (buf);
        }

        unsigned char* allocate ()
        {
            return buf;
        }

        void deallocate ()
        {
        }

        std::size_t size () const
        {
            return bufsize;
        }

        void resize (std::size_t new_size)
        {
            bufsize = new_size;
        }
    private:
        std::size_t bufsize;
        unsigned char* buf;

        c_single_allocator (c_single_allocator const&);
        c_single_allocator& operator = (c_single_allocator const&);
    };

    // This allocator allocates a reference counted buffer which is used by v2_decoder_t
    // to use zero-copy msg::init_data to create messages with memory from this buffer as
    // data storage.
    //
    // The buffer is allocated with a reference count of 1 to make sure that is is alive while
    // decoding messages. Otherwise, it is possible that e.g. the first message increases the count
    // from zero to one, gets passed to the user application, processed in the user thread and deleted
    // which would then deallocate the buffer. The drawback is that the buffer may be allocated longer
    // than necessary because it is only deleted when allocate is called the next time.
    class shared_message_memory_allocator
    {
    public:
        explicit shared_message_memory_allocator (std::size_t bufsize_);

        // Create an allocator for a maximum number of messages
        shared_message_memory_allocator (std::size_t bufsize_, std::size_t maxMessages);

        ~shared_message_memory_allocator ();

        // Allocate a new buffer
        //
        // This releases the current buffer to be bound to the lifetime of the messages
        // created on this buffer.
        unsigned char* allocate ();

        // force deallocation of buffer.
        void deallocate ();

        // Give up ownership of the buffer. The buffer's lifetime is now coupled to
        // the messages constructed on top of it.
        unsigned char* release ();

        void inc_ref ();

        static void call_dec_ref (void*, void* buffer);

        std::size_t size () const;

        // Return pointer to the first message data byte.
        unsigned char* data ();

        // Return pointer to the first byte of the buffer.
        unsigned char* buffer ()
        {
            return buf;
        }

        void resize (std::size_t new_size)
        {
            bufsize = new_size;
        }

        zmq::msg_t::content_t* provide_content ()
        {
            return msg_content;
        }

        void advance_content ()
        {
            msg_content++;
        }

    private:
        unsigned char* buf;
        std::size_t bufsize;
        std::size_t max_size;
        zmq::msg_t::content_t* msg_content;
        std::size_t maxCounters;
    };
}

#endif