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diff --git a/include/ruby/internal/xmalloc.h b/include/ruby/internal/xmalloc.h
index 76da1eb099..57552e4e7d 100644
--- a/include/ruby/internal/xmalloc.h
+++ b/include/ruby/internal/xmalloc.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
* recursively included from extension libraries written in C++.
* Do not expect for instance `__VA_ARGS__` is always available.
* We assume C99 for ruby itself but we don't assume languages of
- * extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
+ * extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
* @brief Declares ::ruby_xmalloc().
*/
#include "ruby/internal/config.h"
@@ -37,16 +37,25 @@
#include "ruby/internal/attr/returns_nonnull.h"
#include "ruby/internal/dllexport.h"
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @warning Do not touch this macro.
+ * @warning It is an implementation detail.
+ * @warning It was a failure at the first place to let you know about it.
+ * @warning The value of this macro must match for ruby itself and all
+ * extension libraries, otherwise serious memory corruption shall
+ * occur.
+ */
#ifndef USE_GC_MALLOC_OBJ_INFO_DETAILS
# define USE_GC_MALLOC_OBJ_INFO_DETAILS 0
#endif
-#define xmalloc ruby_xmalloc
-#define xmalloc2 ruby_xmalloc2
-#define xcalloc ruby_xcalloc
-#define xrealloc ruby_xrealloc
-#define xrealloc2 ruby_xrealloc2
-#define xfree ruby_xfree
+#define xmalloc ruby_xmalloc /**< @old{ruby_xmalloc} */
+#define xmalloc2 ruby_xmalloc2 /**< @old{ruby_xmalloc2} */
+#define xcalloc ruby_xcalloc /**< @old{ruby_xcalloc} */
+#define xrealloc ruby_xrealloc /**< @old{ruby_xrealloc} */
+#define xrealloc2 ruby_xrealloc2 /**< @old{ruby_xrealloc2} */
+#define xfree ruby_xfree /**< @old{ruby_xfree} */
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN()
@@ -114,9 +123,9 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_RESTRICT()
RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((1,2))
/**
- * Identical to ruby_xmalloc2(), except it zero-fills the region before it
- * returns. This could also be seen as a routine identical to ruby_xmalloc(),
- * except it calls calloc() instead of malloc() internally.
+ * Identical to ruby_xmalloc2(), except it returns a zero-filled storage
+ * instance. It can also be seen as a routine identical to ruby_xmalloc(),
+ * except it calls calloc() instead of malloc().
*
* @param[in] nelems Number of elements.
* @param[in] elemsiz Size of an element.
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((1,2))
* @return A valid pointer to an allocated storage instance; which has at
* least `nelems` * `elemsiz` bytes width, with appropriate
* alignment detected by the underlying calloc() routine.
+ * @post The returned storage instance is filled with zeros.
* @note It doesn't return NULL.
* @note Unlike some calloc() implementations, it allocates something and
* returns a meaningful value even when `nelems` or `elemsiz` or
@@ -145,22 +155,28 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((2))
* Resize the storage instance.
*
* @param[in] ptr A valid pointer to a storage instance that was
- * previously returned from either ruby_xmalloc(),
- * ruby_xmalloc2(), ruby_xcalloc(),
- * ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2().
+ * previously returned from either:
+ * - ruby_xmalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xmalloc2(),
+ * - ruby_xcalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xrealloc(), or
+ * - ruby_xrealloc2().
* @param[in] newsiz Requested new amount of memory.
* @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for `newsiz` bytes allocation.
- * @retval ptr In case the function returns the passed pointer
- * as-is, the storage instance that the pointer
- * holds is either grown or shrunken to have at
- * least `newsiz` bytes.
- * @retval otherwise A valid pointer to a newly allocated storage
- * instance which has at least `newsiz` bytes
- * width, and holds previous contents of `ptr`. In
- * this case `ptr` is invalidated as if it was
- * passed to ruby_xfree().
+ * @return A valid pointer to a (possibly newly allocated) storage
+ * instance; which has at least `newsiz` bytes width, with
+ * appropriate alignment detected by the underlying realloc()
+ * routine.
+ * @pre The passed pointer must point to a valid live storage instance.
+ * It is a failure to pass an already freed pointer.
+ * @post In case the function returns the passed pointer as-is, the
+ * storage instance that the pointer holds is either grown or
+ * shrunken to have at least `newsiz` bytes. Otherwise a valid
+ * pointer to a newly allocated storage instance is returned. In
+ * this case `ptr` is invalidated as if it was passed to
+ * ruby_xfree().
* @note It doesn't return NULL.
- * @warning Unlike some realloc() implementations, passing zero to `elemsiz`
+ * @warning Unlike some realloc() implementations, passing zero to `newsiz`
* is not the same as calling ruby_xfree(), because this function
* never returns NULL. Something meaningful still returns then.
* @warning It is a failure not to check the return value. Do not assume
@@ -193,23 +209,28 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((2,3))
* etc. provides, but also interacts with our GC.
*
* @param[in] ptr A valid pointer to a storage instance that was
- * previously returned from either ruby_xmalloc(),
- * ruby_xmalloc2(), ruby_xcalloc(),
- * ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2().
-
+ * previously returned from either:
+ * - ruby_xmalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xmalloc2(),
+ * - ruby_xcalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xrealloc(), or
+ * - ruby_xrealloc2().
* @param[in] newelems Requested new number of elements.
* @param[in] newsiz Requested new size of each element.
* @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for allocation.
* @exception rb_eArgError `newelems` * `newsiz` would overflow.
- * @retval ptr In case the function returns the passed pointer
- * as-is, the storage instance that the pointer
- * holds is either grown or shrunken to have at
- * least `newelems` * `newsiz` bytes.
- * @retval otherwise A valid pointer to a newly allocated storage
- * instance which has at least `newelems` *
- * `newsiz` bytes width, and holds previous
- * contents of `ptr`. In this case `ptr` is
- * invalidated as if it was passed to ruby_xfree().
+ * @return A valid pointer to a (possibly newly allocated) storage
+ * instance; which has at least `newelems` * `newsiz` bytes width,
+ * with appropriate alignment detected by the underlying realloc()
+ * routine.
+ * @pre The passed pointer must point to a valid live storage instance.
+ * It is a failure to pass an already freed pointer.
+ * @post In case the function returns the passed pointer as-is, the
+ * storage instance that the pointer holds is either grown or
+ * shrunken to have at least `newelems` * `newsiz` bytes.
+ * Otherwise a valid pointer to a newly allocated storage instance
+ * is returned. In this case `ptr` is invalidated as if it was
+ * passed to ruby_xfree().
* @note It doesn't return NULL.
* @warning Unlike some realloc() implementations, passing zero to either
* `newelems` or `elemsiz` are not the same as calling
@@ -233,9 +254,18 @@ RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(realloc(ptr, newelems * newsiz))
/**
* Deallocates a storage instance.
*
- * @param[out] ptr Either NULL, or a valid pointer previously returned from
- * one of ruby_xmalloc(), ruby_xmalloc2(), ruby_xcalloc(),
- * ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2().
+ * @param[out] ptr Either
+ * - NULL, or
+ * - a valid pointer previously returned from one of:
+ * - ruby_xmalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xmalloc2(),
+ * - ruby_xcalloc(),
+ * - ruby_xrealloc(), or
+ * - ruby_xrealloc2().
+ * @pre The passed pointer must point to a valid live storage instance.
+ * It is a failure to pass an already freed pointer.
+ * @post The storage instance pointed by the passed pointer gets
+ * invalidated; it is no longer addressable.
* @warning Every single storage instance that was previously allocated by
* either ruby_xmalloc(), ruby_xmalloc2(), ruby_xcalloc(),
* ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2() shall be invalidated
@@ -253,7 +283,7 @@ void ruby_xfree(void *ptr)
RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(free(ptr))
;
-#if USE_GC_MALLOC_OBJ_INFO_DETAILS || defined(__DOXYGEN)
+#if USE_GC_MALLOC_OBJ_INFO_DETAILS
# define ruby_xmalloc(s1) ruby_xmalloc_with_location(s1, __FILE__, __LINE__)
# define ruby_xmalloc2(s1, s2) ruby_xmalloc2_with_location(s1, s2, __FILE__, __LINE__)
# define ruby_xcalloc(s1, s2) ruby_xcalloc_with_location(s1, s2, __FILE__, __LINE__)