1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
2 * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the
16 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21 * Modified by the GLib Team and others 1997-2000. See the AUTHORS
22 * file for a list of people on the GLib Team. See the ChangeLog
23 * files for a list of changes. These files are distributed with
24 * GLib at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
27 #if defined(G_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES) && !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
28 #error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
34 #include <glib/gslice.h>
35 #include <glib/gtypes.h>
41 * @malloc: function to use for allocating memory.
42 * @realloc: function to use for reallocating memory.
43 * @free: function to use to free memory.
44 * @calloc: function to use for allocating zero-filled memory.
45 * @try_malloc: function to use for allocating memory without a default error handler.
46 * @try_realloc: function to use for reallocating memory without a default error handler.
48 * A set of functions used to perform memory allocation. The same #GMemVTable must
49 * be used for all allocations in the same program; a call to g_mem_set_vtable(),
50 * if it exists, should be prior to any use of GLib.
52 typedef struct _GMemVTable GMemVTable;
55 #if GLIB_SIZEOF_VOID_P > GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG
59 * Indicates the number of bytes to which memory will be aligned on the
62 # define G_MEM_ALIGN GLIB_SIZEOF_VOID_P
63 #else /* GLIB_SIZEOF_VOID_P <= GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG */
64 # define G_MEM_ALIGN GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG
65 #endif /* GLIB_SIZEOF_VOID_P <= GLIB_SIZEOF_LONG */
68 /* Memory allocation functions
71 void g_free (gpointer mem);
73 gpointer g_malloc (gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
74 gpointer g_malloc0 (gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
75 gpointer g_realloc (gpointer mem,
76 gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
77 gpointer g_try_malloc (gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
78 gpointer g_try_malloc0 (gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
79 gpointer g_try_realloc (gpointer mem,
80 gsize n_bytes) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
82 gpointer g_malloc_n (gsize n_blocks,
83 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(1,2);
84 gpointer g_malloc0_n (gsize n_blocks,
85 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(1,2);
86 gpointer g_realloc_n (gpointer mem,
88 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
89 gpointer g_try_malloc_n (gsize n_blocks,
90 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(1,2);
91 gpointer g_try_malloc0_n (gsize n_blocks,
92 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_MALLOC G_GNUC_ALLOC_SIZE2(1,2);
93 gpointer g_try_realloc_n (gpointer mem,
95 gsize n_block_bytes) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
98 /* Optimise: avoid the call to the (slower) _n function if we can
99 * determine at compile-time that no overflow happens.
101 #if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 2) && defined (__OPTIMIZE__)
102 # define _G_NEW(struct_type, n_structs, func) \
103 (struct_type *) (G_GNUC_EXTENSION ({ \
104 gsize __n = (gsize) (n_structs); \
105 gsize __s = sizeof (struct_type); \
108 __p = g_##func (__n); \
109 else if (__builtin_constant_p (__n) && \
110 (__s == 0 || __n <= G_MAXSIZE / __s)) \
111 __p = g_##func (__n * __s); \
113 __p = g_##func##_n (__n, __s); \
116 # define _G_RENEW(struct_type, mem, n_structs, func) \
117 (struct_type *) (G_GNUC_EXTENSION ({ \
118 gsize __n = (gsize) (n_structs); \
119 gsize __s = sizeof (struct_type); \
120 gpointer __p = (gpointer) (mem); \
122 __p = g_##func (__p, __n); \
123 else if (__builtin_constant_p (__n) && \
124 (__s == 0 || __n <= G_MAXSIZE / __s)) \
125 __p = g_##func (__p, __n * __s); \
127 __p = g_##func##_n (__p, __n, __s); \
133 /* Unoptimised version: always call the _n() function. */
135 #define _G_NEW(struct_type, n_structs, func) \
136 ((struct_type *) g_##func##_n ((n_structs), sizeof (struct_type)))
137 #define _G_RENEW(struct_type, mem, n_structs, func) \
138 ((struct_type *) g_##func##_n (mem, (n_structs), sizeof (struct_type)))
144 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate
145 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate
147 * Allocates @n_structs elements of type @struct_type.
148 * The returned pointer is cast to a pointer to the given type.
149 * If @n_structs is 0 it returns %NULL.
150 * Care is taken to avoid overflow when calculating the size of the allocated block.
152 * Since the returned pointer is already casted to the right type,
153 * it is normally unnecessary to cast it explicitly, and doing
154 * so might hide memory allocation errors.
156 * Returns: a pointer to the allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type
158 #define g_new(struct_type, n_structs) _G_NEW (struct_type, n_structs, malloc)
161 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate.
162 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate.
164 * Allocates @n_structs elements of type @struct_type, initialized to 0's.
165 * The returned pointer is cast to a pointer to the given type.
166 * If @n_structs is 0 it returns %NULL.
167 * Care is taken to avoid overflow when calculating the size of the allocated block.
169 * Since the returned pointer is already casted to the right type,
170 * it is normally unnecessary to cast it explicitly, and doing
171 * so might hide memory allocation errors.
173 * Returns: a pointer to the allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type.
175 #define g_new0(struct_type, n_structs) _G_NEW (struct_type, n_structs, malloc0)
178 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate
179 * @mem: the currently allocated memory
180 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate
182 * Reallocates the memory pointed to by @mem, so that it now has space for
183 * @n_structs elements of type @struct_type. It returns the new address of
184 * the memory, which may have been moved.
185 * Care is taken to avoid overflow when calculating the size of the allocated block.
187 * Returns: a pointer to the new allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type
189 #define g_renew(struct_type, mem, n_structs) _G_RENEW (struct_type, mem, n_structs, realloc)
192 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate
193 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate
195 * Attempts to allocate @n_structs elements of type @struct_type, and returns
196 * %NULL on failure. Contrast with g_new(), which aborts the program on failure.
197 * The returned pointer is cast to a pointer to the given type.
198 * The function returns %NULL when @n_structs is 0 of if an overflow occurs.
201 * Returns: a pointer to the allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type
203 #define g_try_new(struct_type, n_structs) _G_NEW (struct_type, n_structs, try_malloc)
206 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate
207 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate
209 * Attempts to allocate @n_structs elements of type @struct_type, initialized
210 * to 0's, and returns %NULL on failure. Contrast with g_new0(), which aborts
211 * the program on failure.
212 * The returned pointer is cast to a pointer to the given type.
213 * The function returns %NULL when @n_structs is 0 of if an overflow occurs.
216 * Returns: a pointer to the allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type
218 #define g_try_new0(struct_type, n_structs) _G_NEW (struct_type, n_structs, try_malloc0)
221 * @struct_type: the type of the elements to allocate
222 * @mem: the currently allocated memory
223 * @n_structs: the number of elements to allocate
225 * Attempts to reallocate the memory pointed to by @mem, so that it now has
226 * space for @n_structs elements of type @struct_type, and returns %NULL on
227 * failure. Contrast with g_renew(), which aborts the program on failure.
228 * It returns the new address of the memory, which may have been moved.
229 * The function returns %NULL if an overflow occurs.
232 * Returns: a pointer to the new allocated memory, cast to a pointer to @struct_type
234 #define g_try_renew(struct_type, mem, n_structs) _G_RENEW (struct_type, mem, n_structs, try_realloc)
237 /* Memory allocation virtualization for debugging purposes
238 * g_mem_set_vtable() has to be the very first GLib function called
242 gpointer (*malloc) (gsize n_bytes);
243 gpointer (*realloc) (gpointer mem,
245 void (*free) (gpointer mem);
246 /* optional; set to NULL if not used ! */
247 gpointer (*calloc) (gsize n_blocks,
248 gsize n_block_bytes);
249 gpointer (*try_malloc) (gsize n_bytes);
250 gpointer (*try_realloc) (gpointer mem,
253 void g_mem_set_vtable (GMemVTable *vtable);
254 gboolean g_mem_is_system_malloc (void);
256 GLIB_VAR gboolean g_mem_gc_friendly;
258 /* Memory profiler and checker, has to be enabled via g_mem_set_vtable()
260 GLIB_VAR GMemVTable *glib_mem_profiler_table;
261 void g_mem_profile (void);
265 #endif /* __G_MEM_H__ */