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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 17:39:29 +0000
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+/* Safe automatic memory allocation.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2003.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _MALLOCA_H
+#define _MALLOCA_H
+
+#include <alloca.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "xalloc-oversized.h"
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+/* safe_alloca(N) is equivalent to alloca(N) when it is safe to call
+ alloca(N); otherwise it returns NULL. It either returns N bytes of
+ memory allocated on the stack, that lasts until the function returns,
+ or NULL.
+ Use of safe_alloca should be avoided:
+ - inside arguments of function calls - undefined behaviour,
+ - in inline functions - the allocation may actually last until the
+ calling function returns.
+*/
+#if HAVE_ALLOCA
+/* The OS usually guarantees only one guard page at the bottom of the stack,
+ and a page size can be as small as 4096 bytes. So we cannot safely
+ allocate anything larger than 4096 bytes. Also care for the possibility
+ of a few compiler-allocated temporary stack slots.
+ This must be a macro, not a function. */
+# define safe_alloca(N) ((N) < 4032 ? alloca (N) : NULL)
+#else
+# define safe_alloca(N) ((void) (N), NULL)
+#endif
+
+/* malloca(N) is a safe variant of alloca(N). It allocates N bytes of
+ memory allocated on the stack, that must be freed using freea() before
+ the function returns. Upon failure, it returns NULL. */
+#if HAVE_ALLOCA
+# define malloca(N) \
+ ((N) < 4032 - (2 * sa_alignment_max - 1) \
+ ? (void *) (((uintptr_t) (char *) alloca ((N) + 2 * sa_alignment_max - 1) \
+ + (2 * sa_alignment_max - 1)) \
+ & ~(uintptr_t)(2 * sa_alignment_max - 1)) \
+ : mmalloca (N))
+#else
+# define malloca(N) \
+ mmalloca (N)
+#endif
+extern void * mmalloca (size_t n);
+
+/* Free a block of memory allocated through malloca(). */
+#if HAVE_ALLOCA
+extern void freea (void *p);
+#else
+# define freea free
+#endif
+
+/* nmalloca(N,S) is an overflow-safe variant of malloca (N * S).
+ It allocates an array of N objects, each with S bytes of memory,
+ on the stack. S must be positive and N must be nonnegative.
+ The array must be freed using freea() before the function returns. */
+#define nmalloca(n, s) (xalloc_oversized (n, s) ? NULL : malloca ((n) * (s)))
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+
+/* ------------------- Auxiliary, non-public definitions ------------------- */
+
+/* Determine the alignment of a type at compile time. */
+#if defined __GNUC__ || defined __IBM__ALIGNOF__
+# define sa_alignof __alignof__
+#elif defined __cplusplus
+ template <class type> struct sa_alignof_helper { char __slot1; type __slot2; };
+# define sa_alignof(type) offsetof (sa_alignof_helper<type>, __slot2)
+#elif defined __hpux
+ /* Work around a HP-UX 10.20 cc bug with enums constants defined as offsetof
+ values. */
+# define sa_alignof(type) (sizeof (type) <= 4 ? 4 : 8)
+#elif defined _AIX
+ /* Work around an AIX 3.2.5 xlc bug with enums constants defined as offsetof
+ values. */
+# define sa_alignof(type) (sizeof (type) <= 4 ? 4 : 8)
+#else
+# define sa_alignof(type) offsetof (struct { char __slot1; type __slot2; }, __slot2)
+#endif
+
+enum
+{
+/* The desired alignment of memory allocations is the maximum alignment
+ among all elementary types. */
+ sa_alignment_long = sa_alignof (long),
+ sa_alignment_double = sa_alignof (double),
+ sa_alignment_longlong = sa_alignof (long long),
+ sa_alignment_longdouble = sa_alignof (long double),
+ sa_alignment_max = ((sa_alignment_long - 1) | (sa_alignment_double - 1)
+ | (sa_alignment_longlong - 1)
+ | (sa_alignment_longdouble - 1)
+ ) + 1
+};
+
+#endif /* _MALLOCA_H */