/************************************************************
 * mm_free.c
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2007 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 *
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 ************************************************************/

/************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ************************************************************/

#include <assert.h>
#include "mm_environment.h"
#include "mm_internal.h"

/************************************************************
 * Definitions
 ************************************************************/

/************************************************************
 * Private Functions
 ************************************************************/

/************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ************************************************************/

/************************************************************
 * free
 *
 * Description:
 *   Returns a chunk of memory into the list of free nodes,
 *   merging with adjacent free chunks if possible.
 *
 ************************************************************/

void free(FAR void *mem)
{
  FAR struct mm_freenode_s *node;
  FAR struct mm_freenode_s *prev;
  FAR struct mm_freenode_s *next;

  /* Protect against attempts to free a NULL reference */

  if (!mem)
    {
      return;
    }

  /* We need to hold the MM semaphore while we muck with the
   * nodelist.
   */

  mm_takesemaphore();

  /* Map the memory chunk into a free node */

  node = (FAR struct mm_freenode_s *)((char*)mem - SIZEOF_MM_ALLOCNODE);
  node->preceding &= ~MM_ALLOC_BIT;

  /* Check if the following node is free and, if so, merge it */

  next = (FAR struct mm_freenode_s *)((char*)node + node->size);
  if ((next->preceding & MM_ALLOC_BIT) == 0)
    {
      FAR struct mm_allocnode_s *andbeyond;

      /* Get the node following the next node (which will
       * become the new next node). We know that we can never
       * index past the tail chunk because it is always allocated.
       */

      andbeyond = (FAR struct mm_allocnode_s*)((char*)next + next->size);

      /* Remove the next node.  There must be a predecessor,
       * but there may not be a successor node.
       */

      DEBUGASSERT(next->blink);
      next->blink->flink = next->flink;
      if (next->flink)
        {
          next->flink->blink = next->blink;
        }

      /* Then merge the two chunks */

      node->size          += next->size;
      andbeyond->preceding =  node->size | (andbeyond->preceding & MM_ALLOC_BIT);
      next                 = (FAR struct mm_freenode_s *)andbeyond;
    }

  /* Check if the preceding node is also free and, if so, merge
   * it with this node
   */

  prev = (FAR struct mm_freenode_s *)((char*)node - node->preceding);
  if ((prev->preceding & MM_ALLOC_BIT) == 0)
    {
      /* Remove the node.  There must be a predecessor, but there may
       * not be a successor node.
       */

      DEBUGASSERT(prev->blink);
      prev->blink->flink = prev->flink;
      if (prev->flink)
        {
          prev->flink->blink = prev->blink;
        }

      /* Then merge the two chunks */

      prev->size     += node->size;
      next->preceding = prev->size | (next->preceding & MM_ALLOC_BIT);
      node            = prev;
    }

  /* Add the merged node to the nodelist */

  mm_addfreechunk(node);
  mm_givesemaphore();
}