ThreadSafeFreeList

Freelist for re-using allocations in a concurrent setting.

Protected Attributes

T *

mFreeList

T *&

getNext(T * ptr)

ThreadSafeFreeList(U32 numPreAlloc)

Create the freelist.

~ThreadSafeFreeList()

void *

alloc()

Return memory for a new instance.

void

dumpDebug()

void

free(void * ptr)

Return the memory allocated to the given instance to the freelist.

Freelist for re-using allocations in a concurrent setting.

note:
Make sure that there are no more allocations in use when the free list is destructed.

note:
Allocated instances come with a reference already counted on the instance.

Parameters:

T	Type of elements to allocate; must be derived from ThreadSafeRefCount and have at least define one additional pointer-sized field.

T * mFreeList

getNext(T * ptr)

ThreadSafeFreeList(U32 numPreAlloc)

Create the freelist.

Parameters:

numPreAlloc

Number of instances to pre-allocate.

~ThreadSafeFreeList()

alloc()

Return memory for a new instance.

dumpDebug()

free(void * ptr)

Return the memory allocated to the given instance to the freelist.