[malloc] Add cache discard mechanism

Add a facility allowing cached data to be discarded in order to
satisfy memory allocations that would otherwise fail.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/ipxe/malloc.h b/src/include/ipxe/malloc.h
index a1b656c84..e8136a3ce 100644
--- a/src/include/ipxe/malloc.h
+++ b/src/include/ipxe/malloc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
  *
  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ipxe/tables.h>
 
 extern size_t freemem;
 
@@ -56,4 +57,20 @@ static inline void free_dma ( void *ptr, size_t size ) {
 	free_memblock ( ptr, size );
 }
 
+/** A cache discarder */
+struct cache_discarder {
+	/**
+	 * Discard some cached data
+	 *
+	 * @ret discarded	Number of cached items discarded
+	 */
+	unsigned int ( * discard ) ( void );
+};
+
+/** Cache discarder table */
+#define CACHE_DISCARDERS __table ( struct cache_discarder, "cache_discarders" )
+
+/** Declare a cache discarder */
+#define __cache_discarder __table_entry ( CACHE_DISCARDERS, 01 )
+
 #endif /* _IPXE_MALLOC_H */