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.. index::
single: MV
single: pool class; MV
.. _pool-mv:
MV (Manual Variable)
====================
.. deprecated:: starting with version 1.111.
:ref:`pool-mvt` or :ref:`pool-mvff` should be used instead.
**MV** is a general-purpose :term:`manually managed <manual memory
management>` :term:`pool class` that manages :term:`blocks` of
variable size.
.. index::
single: MV; properties
MV properties
-------------
* Supports allocation via :c:func:`mps_alloc` and deallocation via
:c:func:`mps_free`.
* Does not support allocation via :term:`allocation points`.
* Does not support :term:`allocation frames`.
* Supports :term:`segregated allocation caches`.
* There are no garbage collections in this pool.
* Blocks may not contain :term:`references` to blocks in automatically
managed pools (unless these are registered as :term:`roots`).
* Allocations may be variable in size.
* The :term:`alignment` of blocks is not configurable: it is the
:term:`natural alignment` of the platform (see
:c:macro:`MPS_PF_ALIGN`).
* Blocks do not have :term:`dependent objects`.
* Blocks are not automatically :term:`reclaimed`.
* Blocks are not :term:`scanned <scan>`.
* Blocks are not protected by :term:`barriers (1)`.
* Blocks do not :term:`move <moving garbage collector>`.
* Blocks may not be registered for :term:`finalization`.
* Blocks must not belong to an :term:`object format`.
.. index::
single: MV; interface
MV interface
------------
::
#include "mpscmv.h"
.. c:function:: mps_class_t mps_class_mv(void)
Return the :term:`pool class` for an MV (Manual Variable)
:term:`pool`.
When creating an MV pool, :c:func:`mps_pool_create` takes three
extra arguments::
mps_res_t mps_pool_create(mps_pool_t *pool_o, mps_arena_t arena,
mps_class_t mps_class_mv(),
mps_size_t extend_size,
mps_size_t average_size,
mps_size_t maximum_size)
``extend_size`` is the :term:`size` of segment that the pool will
request from the :term:`arena`.
``average_size`` and ``maximum size`` are the predicted average
and maximum size of blocks that will be allocated from the pool.
These are hints to the MPS: the pool will be less efficient if
these are wrong.
.. c:function:: mps_class_t mps_class_mv_debug(void)
A :ref:`debugging <topic-debugging>` version of the MV pool
class.
When creating a debugging MV pool, :c:func:`mps_pool_create`
takes four extra arguments::
mps_res_t mps_pool_create(mps_pool_t *pool_o, mps_arena_t arena,
mps_class_t mps_class_mv_debug(),
mps_debug_option_s debug_option,
mps_size_t extend_size,
mps_size_t average_size,
mps_size_t maximum_size)
``debug_option`` specifies the debugging options. See
:c:type:`mps_debug_option_s`.
``extend_size``, ``average_size`` and ``maximum_size`` are as
documented in :c:func:`mps_class_mv`.
.. index::
pair: MV; introspection
MV introspection
----------------
::
#include "mpscmv.h"
.. c:function:: size_t mps_mv_free_size(mps_pool_t pool)
Return the total amount of free space in an MV pool.
``pool`` is the MV pool.
Returns the total free space in the pool, in :term:`bytes (1)`.
.. c:function:: size_t mps_mv_size(mps_pool_t pool)
Return the total size of an MV pool.
``pool`` is the MV pool.
Returns the total size of the pool, in :term:`bytes (1)`. This
is the sum of allocated space and free space.