9 The most current version of this document is available at
10 http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/talloc/talloc_guide.txt
12 If you are used to the "old" talloc from Samba3 before 3.0.20 then please read
13 this carefully, as talloc has changed a lot. With 3.0.20 (or 3.0.14?) the
14 Samba4 talloc has been ported back to Samba3, so this guide applies to both.
16 The new talloc is a hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system
17 with destructors. Quite a mouthful really, but not too bad once you
20 Perhaps the biggest change from Samba3 is that there is no distinction
21 between a "talloc context" and a "talloc pointer". Any pointer
22 returned from talloc() is itself a valid talloc context. This means
25 struct foo *X = talloc(mem_ctx, struct foo);
26 X->name = talloc_strdup(X, "foo");
28 and the pointer X->name would be a "child" of the talloc context "X"
29 which is itself a child of mem_ctx. So if you do talloc_free(mem_ctx)
30 then it is all destroyed, whereas if you do talloc_free(X) then just X
31 and X->name are destroyed, and if you do talloc_free(X->name) then
32 just the name element of X is destroyed.
34 If you think about this, then what this effectively gives you is an
35 n-ary tree, where you can free any part of the tree with
38 If you find this confusing, then I suggest you run the testsuite to
39 watch talloc in action. You may also like to add your own tests to
40 testsuite.c to clarify how some particular situation is handled.
46 All the additional features of talloc() over malloc() do come at a
47 price. We have a simple performance test in Samba4 that measures
48 talloc() versus malloc() performance, and it seems that talloc() is
49 about 4% slower than malloc() on my x86 Debian Linux box. For Samba,
50 the great reduction in code complexity that we get by using talloc
51 makes this worthwhile, especially as the total overhead of
52 talloc/malloc in Samba is already quite small.
58 The following is a complete guide to the talloc API. Read it all at
64 talloc itself does not deal with threads. It is thread-safe (assuming
65 the underlying "malloc" is), as long as each thread uses different
67 If two threads uses the same context then they need to synchronize in
68 order to be safe. In particular:
69 - when using talloc_enable_leak_report(), giving directly NULL as a
70 parent context implicitly refers to a hidden "null context" global
71 variable, so this should not be used in a multi-threaded environment
72 without proper synchronization ;
73 - the context returned by talloc_autofree_context() is also global so
74 shouldn't be used by several threads simultaneously without
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79 (type *)talloc(const void *context, type);
81 The talloc() macro is the core of the talloc library. It takes a
82 memory context and a type, and returns a pointer to a new area of
83 memory of the given type.
85 The returned pointer is itself a talloc context, so you can use it as
86 the context argument to more calls to talloc if you wish.
88 The returned pointer is a "child" of the supplied context. This means
89 that if you talloc_free() the context then the new child disappears as
90 well. Alternatively you can free just the child.
92 The context argument to talloc() can be NULL, in which case a new top
93 level context is created.
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97 void *talloc_size(const void *context, size_t size);
99 The function talloc_size() should be used when you don't have a
100 convenient type to pass to talloc(). Unlike talloc(), it is not type
101 safe (as it returns a void *), so you are on your own for type checking.
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104 (typeof(ptr)) talloc_ptrtype(const void *ctx, ptr);
106 The talloc_ptrtype() macro should be used when you have a pointer and
107 want to allocate memory to point at with this pointer. When compiling
108 with gcc >= 3 it is typesafe. Note this is a wrapper of talloc_size()
109 and talloc_get_name() will return the current location in the source file.
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113 int talloc_free(void *ptr);
115 The talloc_free() function frees a piece of talloc memory, and all its
116 children. You can call talloc_free() on any pointer returned by
119 The return value of talloc_free() indicates success or failure, with 0
120 returned for success and -1 for failure. The only possible failure
121 condition is if the pointer had a destructor attached to it and the
122 destructor returned -1. See talloc_set_destructor() for details on
125 If this pointer has an additional parent when talloc_free() is called
126 then the memory is not actually released, but instead the most
127 recently established parent is destroyed. See talloc_reference() for
128 details on establishing additional parents.
130 For more control on which parent is removed, see talloc_unlink()
132 talloc_free() operates recursively on its children.
134 From the 2.0 version of talloc, as a special case, talloc_free() is
135 refused on pointers that have more than one parent, as talloc would
136 have no way of knowing which parent should be removed. To free a
137 pointer that has more than one parent please use talloc_unlink().
139 To help you find problems in your code caused by this behaviour, if
140 you do try and free a pointer with more than one parent then the
141 talloc logging function will be called to give output like this:
143 ERROR: talloc_free with references at some_dir/source/foo.c:123
144 reference at some_dir/source/other.c:325
145 reference at some_dir/source/third.c:121
147 Please see the documentation for talloc_set_log_fn() and
148 talloc_set_log_stderr() for more information on talloc logging
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152 int talloc_free_children(void *ptr);
154 The talloc_free_children() walks along the list of all children of a
155 talloc context and talloc_free()s only the children, not the context
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160 void *talloc_reference(const void *context, const void *ptr);
162 The talloc_reference() function makes "context" an additional parent
165 The return value of talloc_reference() is always the original pointer
166 "ptr", unless talloc ran out of memory in creating the reference in
167 which case it will return NULL (each additional reference consumes
168 around 48 bytes of memory on intel x86 platforms).
170 If "ptr" is NULL, then the function is a no-op, and simply returns NULL.
172 After creating a reference you can free it in one of the following
175 - you can talloc_free() any parent of the original pointer. That
176 will reduce the number of parents of this pointer by 1, and will
177 cause this pointer to be freed if it runs out of parents.
179 - you can talloc_free() the pointer itself. That will destroy the
180 most recently established parent to the pointer and leave the
181 pointer as a child of its current parent.
183 For more control on which parent to remove, see talloc_unlink()
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187 int talloc_unlink(const void *context, const void *ptr);
189 The talloc_unlink() function removes a specific parent from ptr. The
190 context passed must either be a context used in talloc_reference()
191 with this pointer, or must be a direct parent of ptr.
193 Note that if the parent has already been removed using talloc_free()
194 then this function will fail and will return -1. Likewise, if "ptr"
195 is NULL, then the function will make no modifications and return -1.
197 Usually you can just use talloc_free() instead of talloc_unlink(), but
198 sometimes it is useful to have the additional control on which parent
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203 void talloc_set_destructor(const void *ptr, int (*destructor)(void *));
205 The function talloc_set_destructor() sets the "destructor" for the
206 pointer "ptr". A destructor is a function that is called when the
207 memory used by a pointer is about to be released. The destructor
208 receives the pointer as an argument, and should return 0 for success
211 The destructor can do anything it wants to, including freeing other
212 pieces of memory. A common use for destructors is to clean up
213 operating system resources (such as open file descriptors) contained
214 in the structure the destructor is placed on.
216 You can only place one destructor on a pointer. If you need more than
217 one destructor then you can create a zero-length child of the pointer
218 and place an additional destructor on that.
220 To remove a destructor call talloc_set_destructor() with NULL for the
223 If your destructor attempts to talloc_free() the pointer that it is
224 the destructor for then talloc_free() will return -1 and the free will
225 be ignored. This would be a pointless operation anyway, as the
226 destructor is only called when the memory is just about to go away.
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230 int talloc_increase_ref_count(const void *ptr);
232 The talloc_increase_ref_count(ptr) function is exactly equivalent to:
234 talloc_reference(NULL, ptr);
236 You can use either syntax, depending on which you think is clearer in
239 It returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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242 size_t talloc_reference_count(const void *ptr);
244 Return the number of references to the pointer.
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247 void talloc_set_name(const void *ptr, const char *fmt, ...);
249 Each talloc pointer has a "name". The name is used principally for
250 debugging purposes, although it is also possible to set and get the
251 name on a pointer in as a way of "marking" pointers in your code.
253 The main use for names on pointer is for "talloc reports". See
254 talloc_report() and talloc_report_full() for details. Also see
255 talloc_enable_leak_report() and talloc_enable_leak_report_full().
257 The talloc_set_name() function allocates memory as a child of the
258 pointer. It is logically equivalent to:
259 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, talloc_asprintf(ptr, fmt, ...));
261 Note that multiple calls to talloc_set_name() will allocate more
262 memory without releasing the name. All of the memory is released when
263 the ptr is freed using talloc_free().
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267 void talloc_set_name_const(const void *ptr, const char *name);
269 The function talloc_set_name_const() is just like talloc_set_name(),
270 but it takes a string constant, and is much faster. It is extensively
271 used by the "auto naming" macros, such as talloc_p().
273 This function does not allocate any memory. It just copies the
274 supplied pointer into the internal representation of the talloc
275 ptr. This means you must not pass a name pointer to memory that will
276 disappear before the ptr is freed with talloc_free().
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280 void *talloc_named(const void *context, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
282 The talloc_named() function creates a named talloc pointer. It is
285 ptr = talloc_size(context, size);
286 talloc_set_name(ptr, fmt, ....);
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290 void *talloc_named_const(const void *context, size_t size, const char *name);
292 This is equivalent to::
294 ptr = talloc_size(context, size);
295 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, name);
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299 const char *talloc_get_name(const void *ptr);
301 This returns the current name for the given talloc pointer. See
302 talloc_set_name() for details.
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306 void *talloc_init(const char *fmt, ...);
308 This function creates a zero length named talloc context as a top
309 level context. It is equivalent to::
311 talloc_named(NULL, 0, fmt, ...);
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315 void *talloc_new(void *ctx);
317 This is a utility macro that creates a new memory context hanging
318 off an exiting context, automatically naming it "talloc_new: __location__"
319 where __location__ is the source line it is called from. It is
320 particularly useful for creating a new temporary working context.
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324 (type *)talloc_realloc(const void *context, void *ptr, type, count);
326 The talloc_realloc() macro changes the size of a talloc
327 pointer. The "count" argument is the number of elements of type "type"
328 that you want the resulting pointer to hold.
330 talloc_realloc() has the following equivalences::
332 talloc_realloc(context, NULL, type, 1) ==> talloc(context, type);
333 talloc_realloc(context, NULL, type, N) ==> talloc_array(context, type, N);
334 talloc_realloc(context, ptr, type, 0) ==> talloc_free(ptr);
336 The "context" argument is only used if "ptr" is NULL, otherwise it is
339 talloc_realloc() returns the new pointer, or NULL on failure. The call
340 will fail either due to a lack of memory, or because the pointer has
341 more than one parent (see talloc_reference()).
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345 void *talloc_realloc_size(const void *context, void *ptr, size_t size);
347 the talloc_realloc_size() function is useful when the type is not
348 known so the typesafe talloc_realloc() cannot be used.
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352 void *talloc_steal(const void *new_ctx, const void *ptr);
354 The talloc_steal() function changes the parent context of a talloc
355 pointer. It is typically used when the context that the pointer is
356 currently a child of is going to be freed and you wish to keep the
357 memory for a longer time.
359 The talloc_steal() function returns the pointer that you pass it. It
360 does not have any failure modes.
362 NOTE: It is possible to produce loops in the parent/child relationship
363 if you are not careful with talloc_steal(). No guarantees are provided
364 as to your sanity or the safety of your data if you do this.
366 talloc_steal (new_ctx, NULL) will return NULL with no sideeffects.
368 Note that if you try and call talloc_steal() on a pointer that has
369 more than one parent then the result is ambiguous. Talloc will choose
370 to remove the parent that is currently indicated by talloc_parent()
371 and replace it with the chosen parent. You will also get a message
372 like this via the talloc logging functions:
374 WARNING: talloc_steal with references at some_dir/source/foo.c:123
375 reference at some_dir/source/other.c:325
376 reference at some_dir/source/third.c:121
378 To unambiguously change the parent of a pointer please see the
379 function talloc_reparent(). See the talloc_set_log_fn() documentation
380 for more information on talloc logging.
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383 void *talloc_reparent(const void *old_parent, const void *new_parent, const void *ptr);
385 The talloc_reparent() function changes the parent context of a talloc
386 pointer. It is typically used when the context that the pointer is
387 currently a child of is going to be freed and you wish to keep the
388 memory for a longer time.
390 The talloc_reparent() function returns the pointer that you pass it. It
391 does not have any failure modes.
393 The difference between talloc_reparent() and talloc_steal() is that
394 talloc_reparent() can specify which parent you wish to change. This is
395 useful when a pointer has multiple parents via references.
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398 void *talloc_parent(const void *ptr);
400 The talloc_parent() function returns the current talloc parent. This
401 is usually the pointer under which this memory was originally created,
402 but it may have changed due to a talloc_steal() or talloc_reparent()
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405 size_t talloc_total_size(const void *ptr);
407 The talloc_total_size() function returns the total size in bytes used
408 by this pointer and all child pointers. Mostly useful for debugging.
410 Passing NULL is allowed, but it will only give a meaningful result if
411 talloc_enable_leak_report() or talloc_enable_leak_report_full() has
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416 size_t talloc_total_blocks(const void *ptr);
418 The talloc_total_blocks() function returns the total memory block
419 count used by this pointer and all child pointers. Mostly useful for
422 Passing NULL is allowed, but it will only give a meaningful result if
423 talloc_enable_leak_report() or talloc_enable_leak_report_full() has
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427 void talloc_report_depth_cb(const void *ptr, int depth, int max_depth,
428 void (*callback)(const void *ptr,
429 int depth, int max_depth,
434 This provides a more flexible reports than talloc_report(). It
435 will recursively call the callback for the entire tree of memory
436 referenced by the pointer. References in the tree are passed with
437 is_ref = 1 and the pointer that is referenced.
439 You can pass NULL for the pointer, in which case a report is
440 printed for the top level memory context, but only if
441 talloc_enable_leak_report() or talloc_enable_leak_report_full()
444 The recursion is stopped when depth >= max_depth.
445 max_depth = -1 means only stop at leaf nodes.
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449 void talloc_report_depth_file(const void *ptr, int depth, int max_depth, FILE *f);
451 This provides a more flexible reports than talloc_report(). It
452 will let you specify the depth and max_depth.
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456 void talloc_report(const void *ptr, FILE *f);
458 The talloc_report() function prints a summary report of all memory
459 used by ptr. One line of report is printed for each immediate child of
460 ptr, showing the total memory and number of blocks used by that child.
462 You can pass NULL for the pointer, in which case a report is printed
463 for the top level memory context, but only if
464 talloc_enable_leak_report() or talloc_enable_leak_report_full() has
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469 void talloc_report_full(const void *ptr, FILE *f);
471 This provides a more detailed report than talloc_report(). It will
472 recursively print the ensire tree of memory referenced by the
473 pointer. References in the tree are shown by giving the name of the
474 pointer that is referenced.
476 You can pass NULL for the pointer, in which case a report is printed
477 for the top level memory context, but only if
478 talloc_enable_leak_report() or talloc_enable_leak_report_full() has
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483 void talloc_enable_leak_report(void);
485 This enables calling of talloc_report(NULL, stderr) when the program
486 exits. In Samba4 this is enabled by using the --leak-report command
489 For it to be useful, this function must be called before any other
490 talloc function as it establishes a "null context" that acts as the
491 top of the tree. If you don't call this function first then passing
492 NULL to talloc_report() or talloc_report_full() won't give you the
495 Here is a typical talloc report:
497 talloc report on 'null_context' (total 267 bytes in 15 blocks)
498 libcli/auth/spnego_parse.c:55 contains 31 bytes in 2 blocks
499 libcli/auth/spnego_parse.c:55 contains 31 bytes in 2 blocks
500 iconv(UTF8,CP850) contains 42 bytes in 2 blocks
501 libcli/auth/spnego_parse.c:55 contains 31 bytes in 2 blocks
502 iconv(CP850,UTF8) contains 42 bytes in 2 blocks
503 iconv(UTF8,UTF-16LE) contains 45 bytes in 2 blocks
504 iconv(UTF-16LE,UTF8) contains 45 bytes in 2 blocks
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508 void talloc_enable_leak_report_full(void);
510 This enables calling of talloc_report_full(NULL, stderr) when the
511 program exits. In Samba4 this is enabled by using the
512 --leak-report-full command line option.
514 For it to be useful, this function must be called before any other
515 talloc function as it establishes a "null context" that acts as the
516 top of the tree. If you don't call this function first then passing
517 NULL to talloc_report() or talloc_report_full() won't give you the
520 Here is a typical full report:
522 full talloc report on 'root' (total 18 bytes in 8 blocks)
523 p1 contains 18 bytes in 7 blocks (ref 0)
524 r1 contains 13 bytes in 2 blocks (ref 0)
526 p2 contains 1 bytes in 1 blocks (ref 1)
527 x3 contains 1 bytes in 1 blocks (ref 0)
528 x2 contains 1 bytes in 1 blocks (ref 0)
529 x1 contains 1 bytes in 1 blocks (ref 0)
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533 void talloc_enable_null_tracking(void);
535 This enables tracking of the NULL memory context without enabling leak
536 reporting on exit. Useful for when you want to do your own leak
537 reporting call via talloc_report_null_full();
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540 void talloc_disable_null_tracking(void);
542 This disables tracking of the NULL memory context.
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545 (type *)talloc_zero(const void *ctx, type);
547 The talloc_zero() macro is equivalent to::
549 ptr = talloc(ctx, type);
550 if (ptr) memset(ptr, 0, sizeof(type));
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554 void *talloc_zero_size(const void *ctx, size_t size)
556 The talloc_zero_size() function is useful when you don't have a known type
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560 void *talloc_memdup(const void *ctx, const void *p, size_t size);
562 The talloc_memdup() function is equivalent to::
564 ptr = talloc_size(ctx, size);
565 if (ptr) memcpy(ptr, p, size);
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569 char *talloc_strdup(const void *ctx, const char *p);
571 The talloc_strdup() function is equivalent to::
573 ptr = talloc_size(ctx, strlen(p)+1);
574 if (ptr) memcpy(ptr, p, strlen(p)+1);
576 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the passed
577 string. This is equivalent to::
579 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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582 char *talloc_strndup(const void *t, const char *p, size_t n);
584 The talloc_strndup() function is the talloc equivalent of the C
585 library function strndup()
587 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the passed
588 string. This is equivalent to:
589 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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592 char *talloc_append_string(const void *t, char *orig, const char *append);
594 The talloc_append_string() function appends the given formatted
595 string to the given string.
597 This function sets the name of the new pointer to the new
598 string. This is equivalent to::
600 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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603 char *talloc_vasprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
605 The talloc_vasprintf() function is the talloc equivalent of the C
606 library function vasprintf()
608 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the new
609 string. This is equivalent to::
611 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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615 char *talloc_asprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, ...);
617 The talloc_asprintf() function is the talloc equivalent of the C
618 library function asprintf()
620 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the new
621 string. This is equivalent to::
623 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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627 char *talloc_asprintf_append(char *s, const char *fmt, ...);
629 The talloc_asprintf_append() function appends the given formatted
630 string to the given string.
631 Use this varient when the string in the current talloc buffer may
632 have been truncated in length.
634 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the new
635 string. This is equivalent to::
637 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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641 char *talloc_asprintf_append_buffer(char *s, const char *fmt, ...);
643 The talloc_asprintf_append() function appends the given formatted
644 string to the end of the currently allocated talloc buffer.
645 Use this varient when the string in the current talloc buffer has
648 This functions sets the name of the new pointer to the new
649 string. This is equivalent to::
651 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, ptr)
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655 ((type *)talloc_array(const void *ctx, type, uint_t count);
657 The talloc_array() macro is equivalent to::
659 (type *)talloc_size(ctx, sizeof(type) * count);
661 except that it provides integer overflow protection for the multiply,
662 returning NULL if the multiply overflows.
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666 void *talloc_array_size(const void *ctx, size_t size, uint_t count);
668 The talloc_array_size() function is useful when the type is not
669 known. It operates in the same way as talloc_array(), but takes a size
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673 (typeof(ptr)) talloc_array_ptrtype(const void *ctx, ptr, uint_t count);
675 The talloc_ptrtype() macro should be used when you have a pointer to an array
676 and want to allocate memory of an array to point at with this pointer. When compiling
677 with gcc >= 3 it is typesafe. Note this is a wrapper of talloc_array_size()
678 and talloc_get_name() will return the current location in the source file.
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682 void *talloc_realloc_fn(const void *ctx, void *ptr, size_t size);
684 This is a non-macro version of talloc_realloc(), which is useful
685 as libraries sometimes want a ralloc function pointer. A realloc()
686 implementation encapsulates the functionality of malloc(), free() and
687 realloc() in one call, which is why it is useful to be able to pass
688 around a single function pointer.
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692 void *talloc_autofree_context(void);
694 This is a handy utility function that returns a talloc context
695 which will be automatically freed on program exit. This can be used
696 to reduce the noise in memory leak reports.
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700 void *talloc_check_name(const void *ptr, const char *name);
702 This function checks if a pointer has the specified name. If it does
703 then the pointer is returned. It it doesn't then NULL is returned.
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707 (type *)talloc_get_type(const void *ptr, type);
709 This macro allows you to do type checking on talloc pointers. It is
710 particularly useful for void* private pointers. It is equivalent to
713 (type *)talloc_check_name(ptr, #type)
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717 talloc_set_type(const void *ptr, type);
719 This macro allows you to force the name of a pointer to be a
720 particular type. This can be used in conjunction with
721 talloc_get_type() to do type checking on void* pointers.
723 It is equivalent to this::
725 talloc_set_name_const(ptr, #type)
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728 talloc_get_size(const void *ctx);
730 This function lets you know the amount of memory alloced so far by
731 this context. It does NOT account for subcontext memory.
732 This can be used to calculate the size of an array.
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735 void *talloc_find_parent_byname(const void *ctx, const char *name);
737 Find a parent memory context of the current context that has the given
738 name. This can be very useful in complex programs where it may be
739 difficult to pass all information down to the level you need, but you
740 know the structure you want is a parent of another context.
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743 (type *)talloc_find_parent_bytype(ctx, type);
745 Like talloc_find_parent_byname() but takes a type, making it typesafe.
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748 void talloc_set_log_fn(void (*log_fn)(const char *message));
750 This function sets a logging function that talloc will use for
751 warnings and errors. By default talloc will not print any warnings or
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755 void talloc_set_log_stderr(void)
757 This sets the talloc log function to write log messages to stderr