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1 /* Safe automatic memory allocation.
2    Copyright (C) 2003-2007, 2009-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3    Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2003.
4 
5    This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6    it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
7    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
8    License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 
10    This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
13    GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 
15    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
16    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
17 
18 #ifndef _MALLOCA_H
19 #define _MALLOCA_H
20 
21 #include <alloca.h>
22 #include <stddef.h>
23 #include <stdlib.h>
24 #include <stdint.h>
25 
26 #include "xalloc-oversized.h"
27 
28 
29 #ifdef __cplusplus
30 extern "C" {
31 #endif
32 
33 
34 /* safe_alloca(N) is equivalent to alloca(N) when it is safe to call
35    alloca(N); otherwise it returns NULL.  It either returns N bytes of
36    memory allocated on the stack, that lasts until the function returns,
37    or NULL.
38    Use of safe_alloca should be avoided:
39      - inside arguments of function calls - undefined behaviour,
40      - in inline functions - the allocation may actually last until the
41        calling function returns.
42 */
43 #if HAVE_ALLOCA
44 /* The OS usually guarantees only one guard page at the bottom of the stack,
45    and a page size can be as small as 4096 bytes.  So we cannot safely
46    allocate anything larger than 4096 bytes.  Also care for the possibility
47    of a few compiler-allocated temporary stack slots.
48    This must be a macro, not a function.  */
49 # define safe_alloca(N) ((N) < 4032 ? alloca (N) : NULL)
50 #else
51 # define safe_alloca(N) ((void) (N), NULL)
52 #endif
53 
54 /* Free a block of memory allocated through malloca().  */
55 #if HAVE_ALLOCA
56 extern void freea (void *p);
57 #else
58 # define freea free
59 #endif
60 
61 /* malloca(N) is a safe variant of alloca(N).  It allocates N bytes of
62    memory allocated on the stack, that must be freed using freea() before
63    the function returns.  Upon failure, it returns NULL.  */
64 #if HAVE_ALLOCA
65 # define malloca(N) \
66   ((N) < 4032 - (2 * sa_alignment_max - 1)                                   \
67    ? (void *) (((uintptr_t) (char *) alloca ((N) + 2 * sa_alignment_max - 1) \
68                 + (2 * sa_alignment_max - 1))                                \
69                & ~(uintptr_t)(2 * sa_alignment_max - 1))                     \
70    : mmalloca (N))
71 #else
72 # define malloca(N) \
73   mmalloca (N)
74 #endif
75 extern void *mmalloca (size_t n)
76   _GL_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC _GL_ATTRIBUTE_DEALLOC (freea, 1)
77   _GL_ATTRIBUTE_ALLOC_SIZE ((1));
78 
79 /* nmalloca(N,S) is an overflow-safe variant of malloca (N * S).
80    It allocates an array of N objects, each with S bytes of memory,
81    on the stack.  N and S should be nonnegative and free of side effects.
82    The array must be freed using freea() before the function returns.  */
83 #define nmalloca(n, s) \
84   (xalloc_oversized (n, s) ? NULL : malloca ((n) * (size_t) (s)))
85 
86 
87 #ifdef __cplusplus
88 }
89 #endif
90 
91 
92 /* ------------------- Auxiliary, non-public definitions ------------------- */
93 
94 /* Determine the alignment of a type at compile time.  */
95 #if defined __GNUC__ || defined __clang__ || defined __IBM__ALIGNOF__
96 # define sa_alignof __alignof__
97 #elif defined __cplusplus
98   template <class type> struct sa_alignof_helper { char __slot1; type __slot2; };
99 # define sa_alignof(type) offsetof (sa_alignof_helper<type>, __slot2)
100 #elif defined __hpux
101   /* Work around a HP-UX 10.20 cc bug with enums constants defined as offsetof
102      values.  */
103 # define sa_alignof(type) (sizeof (type) <= 4 ? 4 : 8)
104 #elif defined _AIX
105   /* Work around an AIX 3.2.5 xlc bug with enums constants defined as offsetof
106      values.  */
107 # define sa_alignof(type) (sizeof (type) <= 4 ? 4 : 8)
108 #else
109 # define sa_alignof(type) offsetof (struct { char __slot1; type __slot2; }, __slot2)
110 #endif
111 
112 enum
113 {
114 /* The desired alignment of memory allocations is the maximum alignment
115    among all elementary types.  */
116   sa_alignment_long = sa_alignof (long),
117   sa_alignment_double = sa_alignof (double),
118   sa_alignment_longlong = sa_alignof (long long),
119   sa_alignment_longdouble = sa_alignof (long double),
120   sa_alignment_max = ((sa_alignment_long - 1) | (sa_alignment_double - 1)
121                       | (sa_alignment_longlong - 1)
122                       | (sa_alignment_longdouble - 1)
123                      ) + 1
124 };
125 
126 #endif /* _MALLOCA_H */
127