genode/repos/os/include/nic_bridge/mac_allocator.h
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/*
* \brief MAC-address allocator
* \author Stefan Kalkowski
* \date 2010-08-25
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
*/
#ifndef _MAC_ALLOCATOR_H_
#define _MAC_ALLOCATOR_H_
/* Genode includes */
#include <base/exception.h>
#include <net/ethernet.h>
namespace Net {
/**
* The MAC allocator is used to administer MAC addresses for
* NIC session clients.
*/
class Mac_allocator
{
private:
/* limit available MAC addresses to one byte range */
enum { MSB_MAX = 0xFF };
/* signals, whether most significant byte is in use */
typedef struct
{
unsigned used : 1;
} Msb;
Msb _msbs[MSB_MAX]; /* bitfield of MSBs */
public:
class Alloc_failed : Genode::Exception {};
/* reference MAC address */
static Mac_address mac_addr_base;
Mac_allocator() { Genode::memset(&_msbs, 0, sizeof(_msbs)); }
/**
* Allocates a new MAC address.
*
* \throws Alloc_failed if no more MAC addresses are available.
* \return MAC address
*/
Mac_address alloc()
{
for (int i=0; i < MSB_MAX; i++) {
if (!_msbs[i].used) {
_msbs[i].used = 1;
Mac_address mac = mac_addr_base;
mac.addr[5] = i;
return mac;
}
}
throw Alloc_failed();
}
/**
* Frees a formerly allocated MAC address.
*/
void free(Mac_address mac) {
_msbs[(unsigned)mac.addr[5]].used = 0; }
};
}
#endif /* _MAC_ALLOCATOR_H_ */