Block management layer

Collaboration diagram for Block management layer:

Classes
struct	BID< SIZE >
	Block identifier class. More...
class	config
	Access point to disks properties. More...
class	block_manager
	Block manager class. More...
Modules
	Allocation functors
	Block scheduling sublayer
Defines
#define	STXXL_ADAPTOR_ARITHMETICS(pos)
#define	BLOCK_ADAPTOR_OPERATORS(two_to_one_dim_array_adaptor_base)
#define	STXXL_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE(type)   (2 * 1024 * 1024)
Functions
template<typename BlockType >
element_iterator_traits < BlockType > ::element_iterator	make_element_iterator (BlockType *blocks, unsigned_type offset)
template<class BIDType , class DiskAssignFunctor , class OutputIterator >
void	block_manager::new_blocks_int (const unsigned_type nblocks, const DiskAssignFunctor &functor, unsigned_type offset, OutputIterator out)
template<unsigned BLK_SIZE>
void	block_manager::delete_block (const BID< BLK_SIZE > &bid)
	Deallocates a block.
template<class BIDIteratorClass >
void	block_manager::delete_blocks (const BIDIteratorClass &bidbegin, const BIDIteratorClass &bidend)
	Deallocates blocks.

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Detailed Description

Group of classes which help controlling external memory space, managing disks, and allocating and deallocating blocks of external storage

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Function Documentation

template<unsigned BLK_SIZE>

void block_manager::delete_block

(

const BID< BLK_SIZE > &

bid

)

[inherited]

Deallocates a block.

Parameters:

bid

block identifier

References file::discard(), file::get_allocator_id(), BID< SIZE >::offset, BID< SIZE >::size, and BID< SIZE >::storage.

Referenced by block_manager::delete_blocks(), ksort(), queue< ValTp, BlkSz, AllocStr, SzTp >::pop(), and sort().

template<class BIDIteratorClass >

void block_manager::delete_blocks	(	const BIDIteratorClass &	bidbegin,
		const BIDIteratorClass &	bidend
	)			[inherited]

Deallocates blocks.

Deallocates blocks in the range [ bidbegin, bidend)

Parameters:

	bidbegin	iterator object of bid_iterator concept
	bidend	iterator object of bid_iterator concept

References block_manager::delete_block().

Referenced by stream::sorted_runs< trigger_entry_type >::deallocate_blocks().