--- /dev/null
+
+#include "ceph_debug.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+
+struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new(gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct ceph_buffer *b;
+
+ b = kmalloc(sizeof(*b), gfp);
+ if (!b)
+ return NULL;
+ atomic_set(&b->nref, 1);
+ b->vec.iov_base = NULL;
+ b->vec.iov_len = 0;
+ b->alloc_len = 0;
+ return b;
+}
+
+int ceph_buffer_alloc(struct ceph_buffer *b, int len, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ b->vec.iov_base = kmalloc(len, gfp | __GFP_NOWARN);
+ if (b->vec.iov_base) {
+ b->is_vmalloc = false;
+ } else {
+ b->vec.iov_base = __vmalloc(len, gfp, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ b->is_vmalloc = true;
+ }
+ if (!b->vec.iov_base)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ b->alloc_len = len;
+ b->vec.iov_len = len;
+ return 0;
+}
+
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+#ifndef __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
+#define __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+/*
+ * a simple reference counted buffer.
+ *
+ * use kmalloc for small sizes (<= one page), vmalloc for larger
+ * sizes.
+ */
+struct ceph_buffer {
+ atomic_t nref;
+ struct kvec vec;
+ size_t alloc_len;
+ bool is_vmalloc;
+};
+
+struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new(gfp_t gfp);
+int ceph_buffer_alloc(struct ceph_buffer *b, int len, gfp_t gfp);
+
+static inline struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_get(struct ceph_buffer *b)
+{
+ atomic_inc(&b->nref);
+ return b;
+}
+
+static inline void ceph_buffer_put(struct ceph_buffer *b)
+{
+ if (b && atomic_dec_and_test(&b->nref)) {
+ if (b->vec.iov_base) {
+ if (b->is_vmalloc)
+ vfree(b->vec.iov_base);
+ else
+ kfree(b->vec.iov_base);
+ }
+ kfree(b);
+ }
+}
+
+static inline struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new_alloc(int len, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct ceph_buffer *b = ceph_buffer_new(gfp);
+
+ if (b && ceph_buffer_alloc(b, len, gfp) < 0) {
+ ceph_buffer_put(b);
+ b = NULL;
+ }
+ return b;
+}
+
+#endif