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| tests |
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| VolatileBuffer.h |
VolatileBuffer
This class represents a piece of memory that can potentially be reclaimed
by the OS when not in use. As long as there are one or more
VolatileBufferPtrs holding on to a VolatileBuffer, the memory will remain
available. However, when there are no VolatileBufferPtrs holding a
VolatileBuffer, the OS can purge the pages if it wants to. The OS can make
better decisions about what pages to purge than we can.
VolatileBuffers may not always be volatile - if the allocation is too small,
or if the OS doesn't support the feature, or if the OS doesn't want to,
the buffer will be allocated on heap.
VolatileBuffer allocations are fallible. They are intended for uses where
one may allocate large buffers for caching data. Init() must be called
exactly once.
After getting a reference to VolatileBuffer using VolatileBufferPtr,
WasPurged() can be used to check if the OS purged any pages in the buffer.
The OS cannot purge a buffer immediately after a VolatileBuffer is
initialized. At least one VolatileBufferPtr must be created before the
buffer can be purged, so the first use of VolatileBufferPtr does not need
to check WasPurged().
When a buffer is purged, some or all of the buffer is zeroed out. This
API cannot tell which parts of the buffer were lost.
VolatileBuffer and VolatileBufferPtr are threadsafe.
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| VolatileBufferAshmem.cpp |
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| VolatileBufferFallback.cpp |
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| VolatileBufferOSX.cpp |
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| VolatileBufferWindows.cpp |
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