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/*
Default header file for malloc-2.8.x, written by Doug Lea
and released to the public domain, as explained at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain.
last update: Mon Aug 15 08:55:52 2005 Doug Lea (dl at gee)
This header is for ANSI C/C++ only. You can set any of
the following #defines before including:
* If USE_DL_PREFIX is defined, it is assumed that malloc.c
was also compiled with this option, so all routines
have names starting with "dl".
* If HAVE_USR_INCLUDE_MALLOC_H is defined, it is assumed that this
file will be #included AFTER <malloc.h>. This is needed only if
your system defines a struct mallinfo that is incompatible with the
standard one declared here. Otherwise, you can include this file
INSTEAD of your system system <malloc.h>. At least on ANSI, all
declarations should be compatible with system versions
* If MSPACES is defined, declarations for mspace versions are included.
*/
#ifndef MALLOC_280_H
#define MALLOC_280_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
#include <stddef.h> /* for size_t */
#if !ONLY_MSPACES
/* Check an additional macro for the five primary functions */
#if !defined(USE_DL_PREFIX)
#define dlcalloc calloc
#define dlfree free
#define dlmalloc malloc
#define dlmemalign memalign
#define dlrealloc realloc
#endif
#ifndef USE_DL_PREFIX
#define dlvalloc valloc
#define dlpvalloc pvalloc
#define dlmallinfo mallinfo
#define dlmallopt mallopt
#define dlmalloc_trim malloc_trim
#define dlmalloc_walk_free_pages \
malloc_walk_free_pages
#define dlmalloc_walk_heap \
malloc_walk_heap
#define dlmalloc_stats malloc_stats
#define dlmalloc_usable_size malloc_usable_size
#define dlmalloc_footprint malloc_footprint
#define dlmalloc_max_allowed_footprint \
malloc_max_allowed_footprint
#define dlmalloc_set_max_allowed_footprint \
malloc_set_max_allowed_footprint
#define dlmalloc_max_footprint malloc_max_footprint
#define dlindependent_calloc independent_calloc
#define dlindependent_comalloc independent_comalloc
#endif /* USE_DL_PREFIX */
/*
malloc(size_t n)
Returns a pointer to a newly allocated chunk of at least n bytes, or
null if no space is available, in which case errno is set to ENOMEM
on ANSI C systems.
If n is zero, malloc returns a minimum-sized chunk. (The minimum
size is 16 bytes on most 32bit systems, and 32 bytes on 64bit
systems.) Note that size_t is an unsigned type, so calls with
arguments that would be negative if signed are interpreted as
requests for huge amounts of space, which will often fail. The
maximum supported value of n differs across systems, but is in all
cases less than the maximum representable value of a size_t.
*/
void* dlmalloc(size_t);
/*
free(void* p)
Releases the chunk of memory pointed to by p, that had been previously
allocated using malloc or a related routine such as realloc.
It has no effect if p is null. If p was not malloced or already
freed, free(p) will by default cuase the current program to abort.
*/
void dlfree(void*);
/*
calloc(size_t n_elements, size_t element_size);
Returns a pointer to n_elements * element_size bytes, with all locations
set to zero.
*/
void* dlcalloc(size_t, size_t);
/*
realloc(void* p, size_t n)
Returns a pointer to a chunk of size n that contains the same data
as does chunk p up to the minimum of (n, p's size) bytes, or null
if no space is available.
The returned pointer may or may not be the same as p. The algorithm
prefers extending p in most cases when possible, otherwise it
employs the equivalent of a malloc-copy-free sequence.
If p is null, realloc is equivalent to malloc.
If space is not available, realloc returns null, errno is set (if on
ANSI) and p is NOT freed.
if n is for fewer bytes than already held by p, the newly unused
space is lopped off and freed if possible. realloc with a size
argument of zero (re)allocates a minimum-sized chunk.
The old unix realloc convention of allowing the last-free'd chunk
to be used as an argument to realloc is not supported.
*/
void* dlrealloc(void*, size_t);
/*
memalign(size_t alignment, size_t n);
Returns a pointer to a newly allocated chunk of n bytes, aligned
in accord with the alignment argument.
The alignment argument should be a power of two. If the argument is
not a power of two, the nearest greater power is used.
8-byte alignment is guaranteed by normal malloc calls, so don't
bother calling memalign with an argument of 8 or less.
Overreliance on memalign is a sure way to fragment space.
*/
void* dlmemalign(size_t, size_t);
/*
valloc(size_t n);
Equivalent to memalign(pagesize, n), where pagesize is the page
size of the system. If the pagesize is unknown, 4096 is used.
*/
void* dlvalloc(size_t);
/*
mallopt(int parameter_number, int parameter_value)
Sets tunable parameters The format is to provide a
(parameter-number, parameter-value) pair. mallopt then sets the
corresponding parameter to the argument value if it can (i.e., so
long as the value is meaningful), and returns 1 if successful else
0. SVID/XPG/ANSI defines four standard param numbers for mallopt,
normally defined in malloc.h. None of these are use in this malloc,
so setting them has no effect. But this malloc also supports other
options in mallopt:
Symbol param # default allowed param values
M_TRIM_THRESHOLD -1 2*1024*1024 any (-1U disables trimming)
M_GRANULARITY -2 page size any power of 2 >= page size
M_MMAP_THRESHOLD -3 256*1024 any (or 0 if no MMAP support)
*/
int dlmallopt(int, int);
#define M_TRIM_THRESHOLD (-1)
#define M_GRANULARITY (-2)
#define M_MMAP_THRESHOLD (-3)
/*
malloc_footprint();
Returns the number of bytes obtained from the system. The total
number of bytes allocated by malloc, realloc etc., is less than this
value. Unlike mallinfo, this function returns only a precomputed
result, so can be called frequently to monitor memory consumption.
Even if locks are otherwise defined, this function does not use them,
so results might not be up to date.
*/
size_t dlmalloc_footprint();
/*
malloc_max_allowed_footprint();
Returns the number of bytes that the heap is allowed to obtain
from the system. malloc_footprint() should always return a
size less than or equal to max_allowed_footprint, unless the
max_allowed_footprint was set to a value smaller than the
footprint at the time.
This function is only available if dlmalloc.c was compiled
with USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT set.
*/
size_t dlmalloc_max_allowed_footprint();
/*
malloc_set_max_allowed_footprint();
Set the maximum number of bytes that the heap is allowed to
obtain from the system. The size will be rounded up to a whole
page, and the rounded number will be returned from future calls
to malloc_max_allowed_footprint(). If the new max_allowed_footprint
is larger than the current footprint, the heap will never grow
larger than max_allowed_footprint. If the new max_allowed_footprint
is smaller than the current footprint, the heap will not grow
further.
This function is only available if dlmalloc.c was compiled
with USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT set.
TODO: try to force the heap to give up memory in the shrink case,
and update this comment once that happens.
*/
void dlmalloc_set_max_allowed_footprint(size_t bytes);
/*
malloc_max_footprint();
Returns the maximum number of bytes obtained from the system. This
value will be greater than current footprint if deallocated space
has been reclaimed by the system. The peak number of bytes allocated
by malloc, realloc etc., is less than this value. Unlike mallinfo,
this function returns only a precomputed result, so can be called
frequently to monitor memory consumption. Even if locks are
otherwise defined, this function does not use them, so results might
not be up to date.
*/
size_t dlmalloc_max_footprint(void);
#if !NO_MALLINFO
/*
mallinfo()
Returns (by copy) a struct containing various summary statistics:
arena: current total non-mmapped bytes allocated from system
ordblks: the number of free chunks
smblks: always zero.
hblks: current number of mmapped regions
hblkhd: total bytes held in mmapped regions
usmblks: the maximum total allocated space. This will be greater
than current total if trimming has occurred.
fsmblks: always zero
uordblks: current total allocated space (normal or mmapped)
fordblks: total free space
keepcost: the maximum number of bytes that could ideally be released
back to system via malloc_trim. ("ideally" means that
it ignores page restrictions etc.)
Because these fields are ints, but internal bookkeeping may
be kept as longs, the reported values may wrap around zero and
thus be inaccurate.
*/
#ifndef HAVE_USR_INCLUDE_MALLOC_H
#ifndef _MALLOC_H_
#ifndef MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE
#define MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE size_t
#endif /* MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE */
struct mallinfo {
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE arena; /* non-mmapped space allocated from system */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE ordblks; /* number of free chunks */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE smblks; /* always 0 */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE hblks; /* always 0 */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE hblkhd; /* space in mmapped regions */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE usmblks; /* maximum total allocated space */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE fsmblks; /* always 0 */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE uordblks; /* total allocated space */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE fordblks; /* total free space */
MALLINFO_FIELD_TYPE keepcost; /* releasable (via malloc_trim) space */
};
#endif /* _MALLOC_H_ */
#endif /* HAVE_USR_INCLUDE_MALLOC_H */
struct mallinfo dlmallinfo(void);
#endif /* NO_MALLINFO */
/*
independent_calloc(size_t n_elements, size_t element_size, void* chunks[]);
independent_calloc is similar to calloc, but instead of returning a
single cleared space, it returns an array of pointers to n_elements
independent elements that can hold contents of size elem_size, each
of which starts out cleared, and can be independently freed,
realloc'ed etc. The elements are guaranteed to be adjacently
allocated (this is not guaranteed to occur with multiple callocs or
mallocs), which may also improve cache locality in some
applications.
The "chunks" argument is optional (i.e., may be null, which is
probably the most typical usage). If it is null, the returned array
is itself dynamically allocated and should also be freed when it is
no longer needed. Otherwise, the chunks array must be of at least
n_elements in length. It is filled in with the pointers to the
chunks.
In either case, independent_calloc returns this pointer array, or
null if the allocation failed. If n_elements is zero and "chunks"
is null, it returns a chunk representing an array with zero elements
(which should be freed if not wanted).
Each element must be individually freed when it is no longer
needed. If you'd like to instead be able to free all at once, you
should instead use regular calloc and assign pointers into this
space to represent elements. (In this case though, you cannot
independently free elements.)
independent_calloc simplifies and speeds up implementations of many
kinds of pools. It may also be useful when constructing large data
structures that initially have a fixed number of fixed-sized nodes,
but the number is not known at compile time, and some of the nodes
may later need to be freed. For example:
struct Node { int item; struct Node* next; };
struct Node* build_list() {
struct Node** pool;
int n = read_number_of_nodes_needed();
if (n <= 0) return 0;
pool = (struct Node**)(independent_calloc(n, sizeof(struct Node), 0);
if (pool == 0) die();
// organize into a linked list...
struct Node* first = pool[0];
for (i = 0; i < n-1; ++i)
pool[i]->next = pool[i+1];
free(pool); // Can now free the array (or not, if it is needed later)
return first;
}
*/
void** dlindependent_calloc(size_t, size_t, void**);
/*
independent_comalloc(size_t n_elements, size_t sizes[], void* chunks[]);
independent_comalloc allocates, all at once, a set of n_elements
chunks with sizes indicated in the "sizes" array. It returns
an array of pointers to these elements, each of which can be
independently freed, realloc'ed etc. The elements are guaranteed to
be adjacently allocated (this is not guaranteed to occur with
multiple callocs or mallocs), which may also improve cache locality
in some applications.
The "chunks" argument is optional (i.e., may be null). If it is null
the returned array is itself dynamically allocated and should also
be freed when it is no longer needed. Otherwise, the chunks array
must be of at least n_elements in length. It is filled in with the
pointers to the chunks.
In either case, independent_comalloc returns this pointer array, or
null if the allocation failed. If n_elements is zero and chunks is
null, it returns a chunk representing an array with zero elements
(which should be freed if not wanted).
Each element must be individually freed when it is no longer
needed. If you'd like to instead be able to free all at once, you
should instead use a single regular malloc, and assign pointers at
particular offsets in the aggregate space. (In this case though, you
cannot independently free elements.)
independent_comallac differs from independent_calloc in that each
element may have a different size, and also that it does not
automatically clear elements.
independent_comalloc can be used to speed up allocation in cases
where several structs or objects must always be allocated at the
same time. For example:
struct Head { ... }
struct Foot { ... }
void send_message(char* msg) {
int msglen = strlen(msg);
size_t sizes[3] = { sizeof(struct Head), msglen, sizeof(struct Foot) };
void* chunks[3];
if (independent_comalloc(3, sizes, chunks) == 0)
die();
struct Head* head = (struct Head*)(chunks[0]);
char* body = (char*)(chunks[1]);
struct Foot* foot = (struct Foot*)(chunks[2]);
// ...
}
In general though, independent_comalloc is worth using only for
larger values of n_elements. For small values, you probably won't
detect enough difference from series of malloc calls to bother.
Overuse of independent_comalloc can increase overall memory usage,
since it cannot reuse existing noncontiguous small chunks that
might be available for some of the elements.
*/
void** dlindependent_comalloc(size_t, size_t*, void**);
/*
pvalloc(size_t n);
Equivalent to valloc(minimum-page-that-holds(n)), that is,
round up n to nearest pagesize.
*/
void* dlpvalloc(size_t);
/*
malloc_trim(size_t pad);
If possible, gives memory back to the system (via negative arguments
to sbrk) if there is unused memory at the `high' end of the malloc
pool or in unused MMAP segments. You can call this after freeing
large blocks of memory to potentially reduce the system-level memory
requirements of a program. However, it cannot guarantee to reduce
memory. Under some allocation patterns, some large free blocks of
memory will be locked between two used chunks, so they cannot be
given back to the system.
The `pad' argument to malloc_trim represents the amount of free
trailing space to leave untrimmed. If this argument is zero, only
the minimum amount of memory to maintain internal data structures
will be left. Non-zero arguments can be supplied to maintain enough
trailing space to service future expected allocations without having
to re-obtain memory from the system.
Malloc_trim returns 1 if it actually released any memory, else 0.
*/
int dlmalloc_trim(size_t);
/*
malloc_walk_free_pages(handler, harg)
Calls the provided handler on each free region in the heap. The
memory between start and end are guaranteed not to contain any
important data, so the handler is free to alter the contents
in any way. This can be used to advise the OS that large free
regions may be swapped out.
The value in harg will be passed to each call of the handler.
*/
void dlmalloc_walk_free_pages(void(*handler)(void *start, void *end, void *arg),
void *harg);
/*
malloc_walk_heap(handler, harg)
Calls the provided handler on each object or free region in the
heap. The handler will receive the chunk pointer and length, the
object pointer and length, and the value in harg on each call.
*/
void dlmalloc_walk_heap(void(*handler)(const void *chunkptr, size_t chunklen,
const void *userptr, size_t userlen,
void *arg),
void *harg);
/*
malloc_usable_size(void* p);
Returns the number of bytes you can actually use in
an allocated chunk, which may be more than you requested (although
often not) due to alignment and minimum size constraints.
You can use this many bytes without worrying about
overwriting other allocated objects. This is not a particularly great
programming practice. malloc_usable_size can be more useful in
debugging and assertions, for example:
p = malloc(n);
assert(malloc_usable_size(p) >= 256);
*/
size_t dlmalloc_usable_size(void*);
/*
malloc_stats();
Prints on stderr the amount of space obtained from the system (both
via sbrk and mmap), the maximum amount (which may be more than
current if malloc_trim and/or munmap got called), and the current
number of bytes allocated via malloc (or realloc, etc) but not yet
freed. Note that this is the number of bytes allocated, not the
number requested. It will be larger than the number requested
because of alignment and bookkeeping overhead. Because it includes
alignment wastage as being in use, this figure may be greater than
zero even when no user-level chunks are allocated.
The reported current and maximum system memory can be inaccurate if
a program makes other calls to system memory allocation functions
(normally sbrk) outside of malloc.
malloc_stats prints only the most commonly interesting statistics.
More information can be obtained by calling mallinfo.
*/
void dlmalloc_stats();
#endif /* !ONLY_MSPACES */
#if MSPACES
/*
mspace is an opaque type representing an independent
region of space that supports mspace_malloc, etc.
*/
typedef void* mspace;
/*
create_mspace creates and returns a new independent space with the
given initial capacity, or, if 0, the default granularity size. It
returns null if there is no system memory available to create the
space. If argument locked is non-zero, the space uses a separate
lock to control access. The capacity of the space will grow
dynamically as needed to service mspace_malloc requests. You can
control the sizes of incremental increases of this space by
compiling with a different DEFAULT_GRANULARITY or dynamically
setting with mallopt(M_GRANULARITY, value).
*/
mspace create_mspace(size_t capacity, int locked);
/*
destroy_mspace destroys the given space, and attempts to return all
of its memory back to the system, returning the total number of
bytes freed. After destruction, the results of access to all memory
used by the space become undefined.
*/
size_t destroy_mspace(mspace msp);
/*
create_mspace_with_base uses the memory supplied as the initial base
of a new mspace. Part (less than 128*sizeof(size_t) bytes) of this
space is used for bookkeeping, so the capacity must be at least this
large. (Otherwise 0 is returned.) When this initial space is
exhausted, additional memory will be obtained from the system.
Destroying this space will deallocate all additionally allocated
space (if possible) but not the initial base.
*/
mspace create_mspace_with_base(void* base, size_t capacity, int locked);
/*
mspace_malloc behaves as malloc, but operates within
the given space.
*/
void* mspace_malloc(mspace msp, size_t bytes);
/*
mspace_free behaves as free, but operates within
the given space.
If compiled with FOOTERS==1, mspace_free is not actually needed.
free may be called instead of mspace_free because freed chunks from
any space are handled by their originating spaces.
*/
void mspace_free(mspace msp, void* mem);
/*
mspace_realloc behaves as realloc, but operates within
the given space.
If compiled with FOOTERS==1, mspace_realloc is not actually
needed. realloc may be called instead of mspace_realloc because
realloced chunks from any space are handled by their originating
spaces.
*/
void* mspace_realloc(mspace msp, void* mem, size_t newsize);
/*
mspace_merge_objects will merge allocated memory mema and memb
together, provided memb immediately follows mema. It is roughly as
if memb has been freed and mema has been realloced to a larger size.
On successfully merging, mema will be returned. If either argument
is null or memb does not immediately follow mema, null will be
returned.
Both mema and memb should have been previously allocated using
malloc or a related routine such as realloc. If either mema or memb
was not malloced or was previously freed, the result is undefined,
but like mspace_free, the default is to abort the program.
*/
void* mspace_merge_objects(mspace msp, void* mema, void* memb);
/*
mspace_calloc behaves as calloc, but operates within
the given space.
*/
void* mspace_calloc(mspace msp, size_t n_elements, size_t elem_size);
/*
mspace_memalign behaves as memalign, but operates within
the given space.
*/
void* mspace_memalign(mspace msp, size_t alignment, size_t bytes);
/*
mspace_independent_calloc behaves as independent_calloc, but
operates within the given space.
*/
void** mspace_independent_calloc(mspace msp, size_t n_elements,
size_t elem_size, void* chunks[]);
/*
mspace_independent_comalloc behaves as independent_comalloc, but
operates within the given space.
*/
void** mspace_independent_comalloc(mspace msp, size_t n_elements,
size_t sizes[], void* chunks[]);
/*
mspace_footprint() returns the number of bytes obtained from the
system for this space.
*/
size_t mspace_footprint(mspace msp);
/*
mspace_max_allowed_footprint() returns the number of bytes that
this space is allowed to obtain from the system. See
malloc_max_allowed_footprint() for a more in-depth description.
This function is only available if dlmalloc.c was compiled
with USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT set.
*/
size_t mspace_max_allowed_footprint(mspace msp);
/*
mspace_set_max_allowed_footprint() sets the maximum number of
bytes (rounded up to a page) that this space is allowed to
obtain from the system. See malloc_set_max_allowed_footprint()
for a more in-depth description.
This function is only available if dlmalloc.c was compiled
with USE_MAX_ALLOWED_FOOTPRINT set.
*/
void mspace_set_max_allowed_footprint(mspace msp, size_t bytes);
/*
mspace_max_footprint() returns the maximum number of bytes obtained
from the system over the lifetime of this space.
*/
size_t mspace_max_footprint(mspace msp);
#if !NO_MALLINFO
/*
mspace_mallinfo behaves as mallinfo, but reports properties of
the given space.
*/
struct mallinfo mspace_mallinfo(mspace msp);
#endif /* NO_MALLINFO */
/*
mspace_malloc_stats behaves as malloc_stats, but reports
properties of the given space.
*/
void mspace_malloc_stats(mspace msp);
/*
mspace_trim behaves as malloc_trim, but
operates within the given space.
*/
int mspace_trim(mspace msp, size_t pad);
/*
An alias for mallopt.
*/
int mspace_mallopt(int, int);
#endif /* MSPACES */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}; /* end of extern "C" */
#endif
#endif /* MALLOC_280_H */