gcc/ada/s-memory.ads

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   2 --                                                                          --
   3 --                         GNAT RUN-TIME COMPONENTS                         --
   4 --                                                                          --
   5 --                         S Y S T E M . M E M O R Y                        --
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  31
  32 --  This package provides the low level memory allocation/deallocation
  33 --  mechanisms used by GNAT.
  34
  35 --  To provide an alternate implementation, simply recompile the modified
  36 --  body of this package with gnatmake -u -a -g s-memory.adb and make sure
  37 --  that the ali and object files for this unit are found in the object
  38 --  search path.
  39
  40 --  This unit may be used directly from an application program by providing
  41 --  an appropriate WITH, and the interface can be expected to remain stable.
  42
  43 pragma Compiler_Unit;
  44
  45 package System.Memory is
  46    pragma Elaborate_Body;
  47
  48    type size_t is mod 2 ** Standard'Address_Size;
  49    --  Note: the reason we redefine this here instead of using the
  50    --  definition in Interfaces.C is that we do not want to drag in
  51    --  all of Interfaces.C just because System.Memory is used.
  52
  53    function Alloc (Size : size_t) return System.Address;
  54    --  This is the low level allocation routine. Given a size in storage
  55    --  units, it returns the address of a maximally aligned block of
  56    --  memory. The implementation of this routine is guaranteed to be
  57    --  task safe, and also aborts are deferred if necessary.
  58    --
  59    --  If size_t is set to size_t'Last on entry, then a Storage_Error
  60    --  exception is raised with a message "object too large".
  61    --
  62    --  If size_t is set to zero on entry, then a minimal (but non-zero)
  63    --  size block is allocated.
  64    --
  65    --  Note: this is roughly equivalent to the standard C malloc call
  66    --  with the additional semantics as described above.
  67
  68    procedure Free (Ptr : System.Address);
  69    --  This is the low level free routine. It frees a block previously
  70    --  allocated with a call to Alloc. As in the case of Alloc, this
  71    --  call is guaranteed task safe, and aborts are deferred.
  72    --
  73    --  Note: this is roughly equivalent to the standard C free call
  74    --  with the additional semantics as described above.
  75
  76    function Realloc
  77      (Ptr  : System.Address;
  78       Size : size_t) return System.Address;
  79    --  This is the low level reallocation routine. It takes an existing
  80    --  block address returned by a previous call to Alloc or Realloc,
  81    --  and reallocates the block. The size can either be increased or
  82    --  decreased. If possible the reallocation is done in place, so that
  83    --  the returned result is the same as the value of Ptr on entry.
  84    --  However, it may be necessary to relocate the block to another
  85    --  address, in which case the information is copied to the new
  86    --  block, and the old block is freed. The implementation of this
  87    --  routine is guaranteed to be task safe, and also aborts are
  88    --  deferred as necessary.
  89    --
  90    --  If size_t is set to size_t'Last on entry, then a Storage_Error
  91    --  exception is raised with a message "object too large".
  92    --
  93    --  If size_t is set to zero on entry, then a minimal (but non-zero)
  94    --  size block is allocated.
  95    --
  96    --  Note: this is roughly equivalent to the standard C realloc call
  97    --  with the additional semantics as described above.
  98
  99 private
 100
 101    --  The following names are used from the generated compiler code
 102
 103    pragma Export (C, Alloc,   "__gnat_malloc");
 104    pragma Export (C, Free,    "__gnat_free");
 105    pragma Export (C, Realloc, "__gnat_realloc");
 106
 107 end System.Memory;