[thirdparty/kmod.git] / TODO


Features:

* config: configs that do not need to be matched by fnmatch() could be using a
  vector instead of a list. This way we could search in it by calling
  bsearch().

* config: load on demand

* index: drop the "open(), seek(), read()" implementation and use another one
  with mmap(). When lookup() is called and the file is not mmaped, mmap it.

* provide a kmod_preload_resources() so configs are parsed and files are mmaped
  with MAP_POPULATE | MAP_LOCKED. Maybe it's a good idea to have a
  kmod_unload_resources() too.

* kmod_module: create a mempool with live and recently de-allocated modules.
  This way we don't have to create a new one, parse dependencies and whatnot.
  Just pick the already created node.

* kmod_module: apply blacklist on module lookup. What's best? Return the whole
  list and provide functions like kmod_module_filter_* or return the list
  already filtered?
  ^-- investigate the best API

* insmod and rmmod with dependency handling. Maybe this should be done by the
  binary, and it's sufficient to return only the lists from lookups.
  ^-- investigate the best API

* when preloading stuff, give the possibility to preload binary files. We need
  to create alternative index_search* functions to operate on mmapped files.
  Then on ctx creation we mmap all the files

* kmod_module: calculate fields on demand if not available:
	- name
	- path
	- dependency

* index: check implementations in order to allocate less stuff. There some
  malloc()s that could be avoided
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bf89f76e LDM	1
	2	Features:
	3
	4	* config: configs that do not need to be matched by fnmatch() could be using a
	5	vector instead of a list. This way we could search in it by calling
	6	bsearch().
	7
c3325cfc LDM	8	* config: load on demand
	9
	10	* index: drop the "open(), seek(), read()" implementation and use another one
	11	with mmap(). When lookup() is called and the file is not mmaped, mmap it.
	12
	13	* provide a kmod_preload_resources() so configs are parsed and files are mmaped
	14	with MAP_POPULATE \| MAP_LOCKED. Maybe it's a good idea to have a
	15	kmod_unload_resources() too.
bf89f76e LDM	16
	17	* kmod_module: create a mempool with live and recently de-allocated modules.
	18	This way we don't have to create a new one, parse dependencies and whatnot.
	19	Just pick the already created node.
	20
	21	* kmod_module: apply blacklist on module lookup. What's best? Return the whole
	22	list and provide functions like kmod_module_filter_* or return the list
	23	already filtered?
	24	^-- investigate the best API
	25
	26	* insmod and rmmod with dependency handling. Maybe this should be done by the
	27	binary, and it's sufficient to return only the lists from lookups.
	28	^-- investigate the best API
	29
	30	* when preloading stuff, give the possibility to preload binary files. We need
	31	to create alternative index_search* functions to operate on mmapped files.
	32	Then on ctx creation we mmap all the files
0835fc3b LDM	33
	34	* kmod_module: calculate fields on demand if not available:
	35	- name
	36	- path
	37	- dependency
478af97f LDM	38
	39	* index: check implementations in order to allocate less stuff. There some
	40	malloc()s that could be avoided