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10 /** @file alloc_func.hpp Functions related to the allocation of memory */
12 #ifndef ALLOC_FUNC_HPP
13 #define ALLOC_FUNC_HPP
16 * Functions to exit badly with an error message.
17 * It has to be linked so the error messages are not
18 * duplicated in each object file making the final
19 * binary needlessly large.
22 void NORETURN MallocError(size_t size);
23 void NORETURN ReallocError(size_t size);
25 /**
26 * Checks whether allocating memory would overflow size_t.
28 * @param element_size Size of the structure to allocate.
29 * @param num_elements Number of elements to allocate.
31 static inline void CheckAllocationConstraints(size_t element_size, size_t num_elements)
33 if (num_elements > SIZE_MAX / element_size) MallocError(SIZE_MAX);
36 /**
37 * Checks whether allocating memory would overflow size_t.
39 * @tparam T Structure to allocate.
40 * @param num_elements Number of elements to allocate.
42 template <typename T>
43 static inline void CheckAllocationConstraints(size_t num_elements)
45 CheckAllocationConstraints(sizeof(T), num_elements);
48 /**
49 * Simplified allocation function that allocates the specified number of
50 * elements of the given type. It also explicitly casts it to the requested
51 * type.
52 * @note throws an error when there is no memory anymore.
53 * @note the memory contains garbage data (i.e. possibly non-zero values).
54 * @tparam T the type of the variable(s) to allocation.
55 * @param num_elements the number of elements to allocate of the given type.
56 * @return NULL when num_elements == 0, non-NULL otherwise.
58 template <typename T>
59 static inline T *MallocT(size_t num_elements)
62 * MorphOS cannot handle 0 elements allocations, or rather that always
63 * returns NULL. So we do that for *all* allocations, thus causing it
64 * to behave the same on all OSes.
66 if (num_elements == 0) return NULL;
68 /* Ensure the size does not overflow. */
69 CheckAllocationConstraints<T>(num_elements);
71 T *t_ptr = (T*)malloc(num_elements * sizeof(T));
72 if (t_ptr == NULL) MallocError(num_elements * sizeof(T));
73 return t_ptr;
76 /**
77 * Simplified allocation function that allocates the specified number of
78 * elements of the given type. It also explicitly casts it to the requested
79 * type.
80 * @note throws an error when there is no memory anymore.
81 * @note the memory contains all zero values.
82 * @tparam T the type of the variable(s) to allocation.
83 * @param num_elements the number of elements to allocate of the given type.
84 * @return NULL when num_elements == 0, non-NULL otherwise.
86 template <typename T>
87 static inline T *CallocT(size_t num_elements)
90 * MorphOS cannot handle 0 elements allocations, or rather that always
91 * returns NULL. So we do that for *all* allocations, thus causing it
92 * to behave the same on all OSes.
94 if (num_elements == 0) return NULL;
96 T *t_ptr = (T*)calloc(num_elements, sizeof(T));
97 if (t_ptr == NULL) MallocError(num_elements * sizeof(T));
98 return t_ptr;
102 * Simplified reallocation function that allocates the specified number of
103 * elements of the given type. It also explicitly casts it to the requested
104 * type. It extends/shrinks the memory allocation given in t_ptr.
105 * @note throws an error when there is no memory anymore.
106 * @note the pointer to the data may change, but the data will remain valid.
107 * @tparam T the type of the variable(s) to allocation.
108 * @param t_ptr the previous allocation to extend/shrink.
109 * @param num_elements the number of elements to allocate of the given type.
110 * @return NULL when num_elements == 0, non-NULL otherwise.
112 template <typename T>
113 static inline T *ReallocT(T *t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
116 * MorphOS cannot handle 0 elements allocations, or rather that always
117 * returns NULL. So we do that for *all* allocations, thus causing it
118 * to behave the same on all OSes.
120 if (num_elements == 0) {
121 free(t_ptr);
122 return NULL;
125 /* Ensure the size does not overflow. */
126 CheckAllocationConstraints<T>(num_elements);
128 t_ptr = (T*)realloc(t_ptr, num_elements * sizeof(T));
129 if (t_ptr == NULL) ReallocError(num_elements * sizeof(T));
130 return t_ptr;
133 /** alloca() has to be called in the parent function, so define AllocaM() as a macro */
134 #define AllocaM(T, num_elements) \
135 (CheckAllocationConstraints<T>(num_elements), \
136 (T*)alloca((num_elements) * sizeof(T)))
138 #endif /* ALLOC_FUNC_HPP */