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+#ifndef RBIMPL_XMALLOC_H /*-*-C++-*-vi:se ft=cpp:*/
+#define RBIMPL_XMALLOC_H
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @author Ruby developers <ruby-core@ruby-lang.org>
+ * @copyright This file is a part of the programming language Ruby.
+ * Permission is hereby granted, to either redistribute and/or
+ * modify this file, provided that the conditions mentioned in the
+ * file COPYING are met. Consult the file for details.
+ * @warning Symbols prefixed with either `RBIMPL` or `rbimpl` are
+ * implementation details. Don't take them as canon. They could
+ * rapidly appear then vanish. The name (path) of this header file
+ * is also an implementation detail. Do not expect it to persist
+ * at the place it is now. Developers are free to move it anywhere
+ * anytime at will.
+ * @note To ruby-core: remember that this header can be possibly
+ * 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.
+ * @brief Declares ::ruby_xmalloc().
+ */
+#include "ruby/internal/config.h"
+
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+# include <stddef.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+# include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/alloc_size.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/nodiscard.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/noexcept.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/attr/restrict.h"
+#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 /**< @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()
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NODISCARD()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RESTRICT()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((1))
+/**
+ * Allocates a storage instance. It is largely the same as system malloc(),
+ * except:
+ *
+ * - It raises Ruby exceptions instead of returning NULL, and
+ * - In case of `ENOMEM` it tries to GC to make some room.
+ *
+ * @param[in] size Requested amount of memory.
+ * @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for `size` bytes allocation.
+ * @return A valid pointer to an allocated storage instance; which has at
+ * least `size` bytes width, with appropriate alignment detected by
+ * the underlying malloc() routine.
+ * @note It doesn't return NULL.
+ * @note Unlike some malloc() implementations, it allocates something and
+ * returns a meaningful value even when `size` is equal to zero.
+ * @warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
+ * ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
+ * failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
+ * might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
+ */
+void *ruby_xmalloc(size_t size)
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(malloc(size))
+;
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NODISCARD()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RESTRICT()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((1,2))
+/**
+ * Identical to ruby_xmalloc(), except it allocates `nelems` * `elemsiz` bytes.
+ * This is needed because the multiplication could integer overflow. On such
+ * situations Ruby does not try to allocate at all but raises Ruby level
+ * exceptions instead. If there is no integer overflow the behaviour is
+ * exactly the same as `ruby_xmalloc(nelems*elemsiz)`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] nelems Number of elements.
+ * @param[in] elemsiz Size of an element.
+ * @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for allocation.
+ * @exception rb_eArgError `nelems` * `elemsiz` would overflow.
+ * @return A valid pointer to an allocated storage instance; which has at
+ * least `nelems` * `elemsiz` bytes width, with appropriate
+ * alignment detected by the underlying malloc() routine.
+ * @note It doesn't return NULL.
+ * @note Unlike some malloc() implementations, it allocates something and
+ * returns a meaningful value even when `nelems` or `elemsiz` or
+ * both are zero.
+ * @warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
+ * ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
+ * failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
+ * might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
+ */
+void *ruby_xmalloc2(size_t nelems, size_t elemsiz)
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(malloc(nelems * elemsiz))
+;
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NODISCARD()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RESTRICT()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((1,2))
+/**
+ * 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.
+ * @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for allocation.
+ * @exception rb_eArgError `nelems` * `elemsiz` would overflow.
+ * @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
+ * both are zero.
+ * @warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
+ * ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
+ * failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
+ * might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
+ */
+void *ruby_xcalloc(size_t nelems, size_t elemsiz)
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(calloc(nelems, elemsiz))
+;
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NODISCARD()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
+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().
+ * @param[in] newsiz Requested new amount of memory.
+ * @exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for `newsiz` bytes allocation.
+ * @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 `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
+ * anything on it. It could be either identical to, or distinct
+ * form the passed argument.
+ * @warning Do not assume anything on the alignment of the return value.
+ * There is no guarantee that it inherits the passed argument's
+ * one.
+ * @warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
+ * ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
+ * failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
+ * might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
+ */
+void *ruby_xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t newsiz)
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(realloc(ptr, newsiz))
+;
+
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NODISCARD()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_RETURNS_NONNULL()
+RBIMPL_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE((2,3))
+/**
+ * Identical to ruby_xrealloc(), except it resizes the given storage instance
+ * to `newelems` * `newsiz` bytes. This is needed because the multiplication
+ * could integer overflow. On such situations Ruby does not try to touch the
+ * contents of argument pointer at all but raises Ruby level exceptions
+ * instead. If there is no integer overflow the behaviour is exactly the same
+ * as `ruby_xrealloc(ptr,nelems*elemsiz)`.
+ *
+ * This is roughly the same as reallocarray() function that OpenBSD
+ * 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().
+ * @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.
+ * @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
+ * 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
+ * anything on it. It could be either identical to, or distinct
+ * form the passed argument.
+ * @warning Do not assume anything on the alignment of the return value.
+ * There is no guarantee that it inherits the passed argument's
+ * one.
+ * @warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
+ * ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
+ * failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
+ * might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
+ */
+void *ruby_xrealloc2(void *ptr, size_t newelems, size_t newsiz)
+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().
+ * @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
+ * exactly once by either passing it to ruby_xfree(), or passing
+ * it to either ruby_xrealloc(), ruby_xrealloc2() then check the
+ * return value for invalidation.
+ * @warning Do not pass anything other than pointers described above. For
+ * instance pointers returned from malloc() or mmap() shall not be
+ * passed to this function, because the underlying memory
+ * management mechanism could differ.
+ * @warning Do not pass any invalid pointers to this function e.g. by
+ * calling it twice with a same argument.
+ */
+void ruby_xfree(void *ptr)
+RBIMPL_ATTR_NOEXCEPT(free(ptr))
+;
+
+RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()
+
+#endif /* RBIMPL_XMALLOC_H */