chop_slab()

void stash::chop_slab ( )

private

Definition at line 48 of file mem.cpp.

{
  // grab a new slab, and chop it into element_size pieces, placing them
  // onto the free list.
 
  slab *new_slab = new slab;
  new_slab->next = slabs;
  slabs = new_slab;
 
  // Time to chop it up.
 
  char *prev = nullptr;
  char *current = slabs->s;
  for (int i = 0; i < n_per_slab; i++)
    {
      *(reinterpret_cast<char **>(current)) = prev;
      prev = current;
      current += element_size;
    }
  free_list = prev;
}

References element_size, free_list, n_per_slab, slab::next, and slabs.

Referenced by new_elem().