Adds alignment to pointer<T>. Adds markUsed to PMM.

prototypes/base/include/pmm.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ public:
    */
   static void markFree(physical_t page);
   
+  /**
+   * Marks a page as used by external memory management.
+   */
+  static void markUsed(physical_t page);
+
   /**
    * Allocates a single page.
    * @param success This boolean will contain true if the allocation was successful.

prototypes/base/include/pointer.hpp

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 /**
- * Provides a strong pointer type which can be used to address
+ * Provides a strong pointer wrapper which can be used to address
  * different memory types (physical, virtual, ...) and preventing
  * a wrong assignment.
+ * @remarks The pointer size is fixed to 32 bits.
  */
 template<typename TIdent>
 class pointer
@@ -16,13 +17,13 @@ public:
    */
   static pointer invalid;
 private:
-  void *ptr;
+  uint32_t ptr;
 public:
   /**
    * Creates the pointer by giving a raw pointer.
    */
   explicit pointer(void *ptr) : 
-    ptr(ptr)
+    ptr(reinterpret_cast<uint32_t>(ptr))
   {
     
   }
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ public:
    * Creates the pointer by giving an integer value.
    */
   explicit pointer(uint32_t value) : 
-    ptr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(value))
+    ptr(value)
   {
     
   }
@@ -40,18 +41,23 @@ public:
   pointer(pointer &&) = default;
   ~pointer() = default;
   
+  pointer & operator = (const pointer & other) {
+    this->ptr = other.ptr;
+    return *this;
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Returns the numeric integer value of the pointer.
    */
   uint32_t numeric() const {
-    return reinterpret_cast<uint32_t>(this->ptr);
+    return this->ptr;
   }
   
   /**
    * Returns the pointer as a raw pointer.
    */
   void * data() const {
-    return this->ptr;
+    return reinterpret_cast<void*>(this->ptr);
   }
   
   /**
@@ -68,6 +74,24 @@ public:
   explicit operator void * () const {
     return this->ptr;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns an aligned version of the pointer.
+   * Rounds the pointer to the memory bottom.
+   */
+  pointer alignLower(uint32_t alignment) {
+    if(alignment == 0) return pointer::invalid;
+    return pointer(this->ptr & ~(alignment - 1));
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns an aligned version of the pointer.
+   * Rounds the pointer to the memory top.
+   */
+  pointer alignUpper(uint32_t alignment) {
+    if(alignment == 0) return pointer::invalid;
+    return pointer((this->ptr + (alignment - 1)) & ~(alignment - 1));
+  }
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 template <class T>

prototypes/base/src/pmm.cpp

@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ void PMM::markFree(physical_t page)
   bitmap[idx] |= (1<<bit);
 }
 
+void PMM::markUsed(physical_t page)
+{
+  uint32_t ptr = page.numeric();
+  if(!isAligned(ptr))
+    ; // Do something about it!
+  uint32_t pageId = ptr / 4096;
+  
+  uint32_t idx = pageId / 32;
+  uint32_t bit = pageId % 32;
+  
+  bitmap[idx] &= ~(1<<bit);
+}
+
 physical_t PMM::alloc(bool &success)
 {
   for(uint32_t idx = 0; idx < BitmapLength; idx++) {