qpool_alloc(3)

💖 qpool_alloc — bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to libqthread, section 3, and today's main character is qpool_alloc 🫶 she pulls memory blocks out of a distributed memory pool and she does it flawlessly, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

qpool_alloc — allocate memory from a distributed memory pool 🌸

like. that's her whole job. and she ate. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <qthread/qpool.h>

void *
qpool_alloc (qpool *pool);

so you include the header, you hand her a qpool *, and she hands you back a void *. simple as that, bestie. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so listen 💅 this function pulls a memory block from the specified memory pool. that's the vibe. that's the whole function.

and here's the lil plot twist that lowkey matters: the memory may not be local 🙈 like, it's a distributed memory pool, so don't go assuming the block is sitting right next to you. but — and this is the sweet part — it will be from nearby if local memory cannot be found. so she tries local first, and if local isn't giving, she goes for the closest thing available instead. considerate queen behavior honestly. ✨🦋

so tl;dr: you ask, she allocates, and she keeps it as close to home as she can. iconic.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• qpool_destroy(3) 💀 — the goodbye arc
• qpool_create(3) 🌱 — where the pool comes from in the first place
• qpool_free(3) 🫶 — give the memory back, bestie, we don't litter

ngl if you're here you're probably already deep in qpool lore. go read qpool_create(3) first if you skipped it. iykyk. 🧚

k bye ily, this was libqthread, APRIL 2011 — yeah she's a vintage icon and she's still slaying 💜⭐