Kernel: Allow clearing request_objects to re-use buffer space

Reduces the necessary allocation to max(in_handles, out_handles) rather
than (in_handles + out_handles).

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/ipc_helpers.h b/src/core/hle/ipc_helpers.h
index 5f370bc3b..f0d89cffe 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/ipc_helpers.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/ipc_helpers.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class RequestBuilder : public RequestHelperBase {
 public:
     RequestBuilder(Kernel::HLERequestContext& context, Header command_header)
         : RequestHelperBase(context, command_header) {
+        // From this point we will start overwriting the existing command buffer, so it's safe to
+        // release all previous incoming Object pointers since they won't be usable anymore.
+        context.ClearIncomingObjects();
         cmdbuf[0] = header.raw;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
index 656405dd6..6cf1886cf 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ u32 HLERequestContext::AddOutgoingHandle(SharedPtr<Object> object) {
     return request_handles.size() - 1;
 }
 
+void HLERequestContext::ClearIncomingObjects() {
+    request_handles.clear();
+}
+
 ResultCode HLERequestContext::PopulateFromIncomingCommandBuffer(const u32_le* src_cmdbuf,
                                                                 Process& src_process,
                                                                 HandleTable& src_table) {
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index d6ebf113c..1022dece8 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public:
      */
     u32 AddOutgoingHandle(SharedPtr<Object> object);
 
+    /**
+     * Discards all Objects from the context, invalidating all ids. This may be called after reading
+     * out all incoming objects, so that the buffer memory can be re-used for outgoing handles, but
+     * this is not required.
+     */
+    void ClearIncomingObjects();
+
 private:
     friend class Service::ServiceFrameworkBase;