// -*- Mode: C++ -*-
// vim:ft=cpp
/**
 * \file
 * \brief  Kumem allocator helper
 */
/*
 * (c) 2010 Adam Lackorzynski <adam@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>,
 *          Alexander Warg <warg@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
 *     economic rights: Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)
 *
 * This file is part of TUD:OS and distributed under the terms of the
 * GNU General Public License 2.
 * Please see the COPYING-GPL-2 file for details.
 *
 * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
 * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
 * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
 * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
 * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
 * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
 * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
 * the GNU General Public License.
 */

#pragma once

#include <l4/re/env>

namespace L4Re { namespace Util {

/**
 * \defgroup l4re_util_kumem Kumem utiltities
 * \ingroup api_l4re_util
 */
/*@{*/

/**
 * Allocate state area.
 *
 * \param[out] mem          Pointer to memory that has been allocated.
 * \param      pages_order  Size to allocate, in log2 pages.
 * \param      task         Task to use for allocation.
 * \param      rm           Region manager to use for allocation.
 *
 * \retval 0   for success
 * \retval <0  error code on failure
 *
 * \note
 * The amount of kernel-user memory that can be allocated at once is limited by
 * the used kernel implementation. The minmum allocatable amount is one page. A
 * portable implementation should not depend on allocations greater than 16KiB
 * to succeed.
 */
int
kumem_alloc(l4_addr_t *mem, unsigned pages_order,
            L4::Cap<L4::Task> task = L4Re::Env::env()->task(),
            L4::Cap<L4Re::Rm> rm = L4Re::Env::env()->rm()) throw();

/*@}*/
}}
