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1 /* safe-alloc.h: safer memory allocation
3 Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
7 Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or any
8 later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Written by Daniel Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>, 2008 */
20 #ifndef SAFE_ALLOC_H_
21 # define SAFE_ALLOC_H_
23 # include <stdlib.h>
25 #ifndef __GNUC_PREREQ
26 # if defined __GNUC__ && defined __GNUC_MINOR__
27 # define __GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) \
28 ((__GNUC__ << 16) + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= ((maj) << 16) + (min))
29 # else
30 # define __GNUC_PREREQ(maj, min) 0
31 # endif
32 #endif
34 # ifndef _GL_ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK
35 # if __GNUC_PREREQ (3, 4)
36 # define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
37 # else
38 # define _GL_ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK
39 # endif
40 # endif
42 /* Don't call these directly - use the macros below */
43 int
44 safe_alloc_alloc_n (void *ptrptr, size_t size, size_t count, int zeroed)
45 _GL_ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
47 int
48 safe_alloc_realloc_n (void *ptrptr, size_t size, size_t count)
49 _GL_ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
51 /**
52 * ALLOC:
53 * @ptr: pointer to hold address of allocated memory
55 * Allocate sizeof(*ptr) bytes of memory and store
56 * the address of allocated memory in 'ptr'. Fill the
57 * newly allocated memory with zeros.
59 * Return -1 on failure to allocate, zero on success
61 # define ALLOC(ptr) \
62 safe_alloc_alloc_n (&(ptr), sizeof (*(ptr)), 1, 1)
64 /**
65 * ALLOC_N:
66 * @ptr: pointer to hold address of allocated memory
67 * @count: number of elements to allocate
69 * Allocate an array of 'count' elements, each sizeof(*ptr)
70 * bytes long and store the address of allocated memory in
71 * 'ptr'. Fill the newly allocated memory with zeros.
73 * Return -1 on failure, 0 on success
75 # define ALLOC_N(ptr, count) \
76 safe_alloc_alloc_n (&(ptr), sizeof (*(ptr)), (count), 1)
78 /**
79 * ALLOC_N_UNINITIALIZED:
80 * @ptr: pointer to hold address of allocated memory
81 * @count: number of elements to allocate
83 * Allocate an array of 'count' elements, each sizeof(*ptr)
84 * bytes long and store the address of allocated memory in
85 * 'ptr'. Do not initialize the new memory at all.
87 * Return -1 on failure to allocate, zero on success
89 # define ALLOC_N_UNINITIALIZED(ptr, count) \
90 safe_alloc_alloc_n (&(ptr), sizeof (*(ptr)), (count), 0)
92 /**
93 * REALLOC_N:
94 * @ptr: pointer to hold address of allocated memory
95 * @count: number of elements to allocate
97 * Re-allocate an array of 'count' elements, each sizeof(*ptr)
98 * bytes long and store the address of allocated memory in
99 * 'ptr'. Fill the newly allocated memory with zeros
101 * Return -1 on failure to reallocate, zero on success
103 # define REALLOC_N(ptr, count) \
104 safe_alloc_realloc_n (&(ptr), sizeof (*(ptr)), (count))
107 * FREE:
108 * @ptr: pointer holding address to be freed
110 * Free the memory stored in 'ptr' and update to point
111 * to NULL.
113 # define FREE(ptr) \
114 do \
116 free (ptr); \
117 (ptr) = NULL; \
119 while (0)
121 #endif /* SAFE_ALLOC_H_ */