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-rw-r--r--include/osmocom/core/select.h1
-rw-r--r--include/osmocom/core/talloc.h28
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/select.h b/include/osmocom/core/select.h
index e4787b09..a200b6f3 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/select.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/select.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int osmo_fd_register(struct osmo_fd *fd);
void osmo_fd_unregister(struct osmo_fd *fd);
void osmo_fd_close(struct osmo_fd *fd);
int osmo_select_main(int polling);
+int osmo_select_main_ctx(int polling);
struct osmo_fd *osmo_fd_get_by_fd(int fd);
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h b/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h
index 191a463f..c68a56cf 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/talloc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
-/*! \file talloc.h
- * Convenience wrapper. libosmocore used to ship its own internal copy of
- * talloc, before libtalloc became a standard component on most systems */
+/*! \file talloc.h */
#pragma once
#include <talloc.h>
+
+/*! per-thread talloc contexts. This works around the problem that talloc is not
+ * thread-safe. However, one can simply have a different set of talloc contexts for each
+ * thread, and ensure that allocations made on one thread are always only free'd on that
+ * very same thread.
+ * WARNING: Users must make sure they free() on the same thread as they allocate!! */
+struct osmo_talloc_contexts {
+ /*! global per-thread talloc context. */
+ void *global;
+ /*! volatile select-dispatch context. This context is completely free'd and
+ * re-created every time the main select loop in osmo_select_main() returns from
+ * select(2) and calls per-fd callback functions. This allows users of this
+ * facility to allocate temporary objects like string buffers, message buffers
+ * and the like which are automatically free'd when going into the next select()
+ * system call */
+ void *select;
+};
+
+extern __thread struct osmo_talloc_contexts *osmo_ctx;
+
+/* short-hand #defines for the osmo talloc contexts (OTC) that can be used to pass
+ * to the various _c functions like msgb_alloc_c() */
+#define OTC_GLOBAL (osmo_ctx->global)
+#define OTC_SELECT (osmo_ctx->select)