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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
commit | 0441d265f2bb9da249c7abf333f0f771fadb4ab5 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 1:2.3.21+dfsg1.upstream/1%2.3.21+dfsg1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/src/lib/data-stack.h b/src/lib/data-stack.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba2b566 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/lib/data-stack.h @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +#ifndef DATA_STACK_H +#define DATA_STACK_H + +/* Data stack makes it very easy to implement functions returning dynamic data + without having to worry much about memory management like freeing the + result or having large enough buffers for the result. + + t_ prefix was chosen to describe functions allocating memory from data + stack. "t" meaning temporary. + + Advantages over control stack and alloca(): + - Functions can return a value allocated from data stack + - We can portably specify how much data we want to allocate at runtime + + Advantages over malloc(): + - FAST, most of the time allocating memory means only updating a couple of + pointers and integers. Freeing the memory all at once also is a fast + operation. + - No need to free() each allocation resulting in prettier code + - No memory leaks + - No memory fragmentation + + Disadvantages: + - Allocating memory inside loops can accidentally allocate a lot of memory + if the loops are long and you forgot to place t_push() and t_pop() there. + - t_malloc()ed data could be accidentally stored into permanent location + and accessed after it's already been freed. const'ing the return values + helps for most uses though (see the t_malloc() description). + - Debugging invalid memory usage may be difficult using existing tools, + although compiling with DEBUG enabled helps finding simple buffer + overflows. +*/ + +#ifndef STATIC_CHECKER +typedef unsigned int data_stack_frame_t; +#else +typedef struct data_stack_frame *data_stack_frame_t; +#endif + +extern unsigned int data_stack_frame_id; + +/* All t_..() allocations between t_push*() and t_pop() are freed after t_pop() + is called. Returns the current stack frame number, which can be used + to detect missing t_pop() calls: + + x = t_push(marker); .. if (!t_pop(x)) abort(); + + In DEBUG mode, t_push_named() makes a temporary allocation for the name, + but is safe to call in a loop as it performs the allocation within its own + frame. However, you should always prefer to use T_BEGIN { ... } T_END below. +*/ +data_stack_frame_t t_push(const char *marker) ATTR_HOT; +data_stack_frame_t t_push_named(const char *format, ...) ATTR_HOT ATTR_FORMAT(1, 2); +/* Returns TRUE on success, FALSE if t_pop() call was leaked. The caller + should panic. */ +bool t_pop(data_stack_frame_t *id) ATTR_HOT; +/* Same as t_pop(), but move str out of the stack frame if it is inside. + This can be used to easily move e.g. error strings outside stack frames. */ +bool t_pop_pass_str(data_stack_frame_t *id, const char **str); + +/* Pop the last data stack frame. This shouldn't be called outside test code. */ +void t_pop_last_unsafe(void); + +/* Usage: T_BEGIN { code } T_END */ +#define T_STRING(x) #x +#define T_XSTRING(x) T_STRING(x) /* expand and then stringify */ +#define T_BEGIN \ + STMT_START { \ + data_stack_frame_t _data_stack_cur_id = t_push(__FILE__ ":" T_XSTRING(__LINE__)); +#define T_END \ + STMT_START { \ + if (unlikely(!t_pop(&_data_stack_cur_id))) \ + i_panic("Leaked t_pop() call"); \ + } STMT_END; \ + } STMT_END + +/* Usage: + const char *error; + T_BEGIN { + ... + if (ret < 0) + error = t_strdup_printf("foo() failed: %m"); + } T_END_PASS_STR_IF(ret < 0, &error); + // error is still valid +*/ +#define T_END_PASS_STR_IF(pass_condition, str) \ + STMT_START { \ + if (unlikely(!t_pop_pass_str(&_data_stack_cur_id, (pass_condition) ? (str) : NULL))) \ + i_panic("Leaked t_pop() call"); \ + } STMT_END; \ + } STMT_END +/* + Usage: + const char *result; + T_BEGIN { + ... + result = t_strdup_printf(...); + } T_END_PASS_STR(&result); + // result is still valid +*/ +#define T_END_PASS_STR(str) \ + T_END_PASS_STR_IF(TRUE, str) + +/* WARNING: Be careful when using these functions, it's too easy to + accidentally save the returned value somewhere permanently. + + You probably should never use these functions directly, rather + create functions that return 'const xxx*' types and use t_malloc() + internally in them. This is a lot safer, since usually compiler + warns if you try to place them in xxx*. See strfuncs.c for examples. + + t_malloc() calls never fail. If there's not enough memory left, + i_panic() will be called. */ +void *t_malloc_no0(size_t size) ATTR_MALLOC ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL; +void *t_malloc0(size_t size) ATTR_MALLOC ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL; + +/* Try growing allocated memory. Returns TRUE if successful. Works only + for last allocated memory in current stack frame. */ +bool t_try_realloc(void *mem, size_t size); + +/* Returns the number of bytes available in data stack without allocating + more memory. */ +size_t t_get_bytes_available(void) ATTR_PURE; + +#define t_new(type, count) \ + ((type *) t_malloc0(MALLOC_MULTIPLY((unsigned int)sizeof(type), (count))) + \ + COMPILE_ERROR_IF_TRUE(sizeof(type) > UINT_MAX)) + +/* Returns pointer to a temporary buffer you can use. The buffer will be + invalid as soon as next t_malloc() is called! + + If you wish to grow the buffer, you must give the full wanted size + in the size parameter. If return value doesn't point to the same value + as last time, you need to memcpy() data from the old buffer to the + new one (or do some other trickery). See t_buffer_reget(). */ +void *t_buffer_get(size_t size) ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL; + +/* Grow the buffer, memcpy()ing the memory to new location if needed. */ +void *t_buffer_reget(void *buffer, size_t size) ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL; + +/* Make the last t_buffer_get()ed buffer permanent. Note that size MUST be + less or equal than the size you gave with last t_buffer_get() or the + result will be undefined. */ +void t_buffer_alloc(size_t size); +/* Allocate the last t_buffer_get()ed data entirely. */ +void t_buffer_alloc_last_full(void); + +/* Returns TRUE if ptr is allocated within the given data stack frame. + Currently this assert-crashes if the data stack frame isn't the latest. */ +bool data_stack_frame_contains(data_stack_frame_t *id, const void *ptr); + +/* Returns the number of bytes malloc()ated for data stack. */ +size_t data_stack_get_alloc_size(void); +/* Returns the number of bytes currently used in data stack. */ +size_t data_stack_get_used_size(void); + +/* Free all the memory that is currently unused (i.e. reserved for growing + data stack quickly). */ +void data_stack_free_unused(void); + +void data_stack_init(void); +void data_stack_deinit_event(void); +void data_stack_deinit(void); + +#endif |