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1 /* The PyMem_ family:  low-level memory allocation interfaces.
2    See objimpl.h for the PyObject_ memory family.
3 */
4 
5 #ifndef Py_PYMEM_H
6 #define Py_PYMEM_H
7 
8 #include "pyport.h"
9 
10 #ifdef __cplusplus
11 extern "C" {
12 #endif
13 
14 /* BEWARE:
15 
16    Each interface exports both functions and macros.  Extension modules should
17    use the functions, to ensure binary compatibility across Python versions.
18    Because the Python implementation is free to change internal details, and
19    the macros may (or may not) expose details for speed, if you do use the
20    macros you must recompile your extensions with each Python release.
21 
22    Never mix calls to PyMem_ with calls to the platform malloc/realloc/
23    calloc/free.  For example, on Windows different DLLs may end up using
24    different heaps, and if you use PyMem_Malloc you'll get the memory from the
25    heap used by the Python DLL; it could be a disaster if you free()'ed that
26    directly in your own extension.  Using PyMem_Free instead ensures Python
27    can return the memory to the proper heap.  As another example, in
28    PYMALLOC_DEBUG mode, Python wraps all calls to all PyMem_ and PyObject_
29    memory functions in special debugging wrappers that add additional
30    debugging info to dynamic memory blocks.  The system routines have no idea
31    what to do with that stuff, and the Python wrappers have no idea what to do
32    with raw blocks obtained directly by the system routines then.
33 
34    The GIL must be held when using these APIs.
35 */
36 
37 /*
38  * Raw memory interface
39  * ====================
40  */
41 
42 /* Functions
43 
44    Functions supplying platform-independent semantics for malloc/realloc/
45    free.  These functions make sure that allocating 0 bytes returns a distinct
46    non-NULL pointer (whenever possible -- if we're flat out of memory, NULL
47    may be returned), even if the platform malloc and realloc don't.
48    Returned pointers must be checked for NULL explicitly.  No action is
49    performed on failure (no exception is set, no warning is printed, etc).
50 */
51 
52 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_Malloc(size_t size);
53 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_Realloc(void *ptr, size_t new_size);
54 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_Free(void *ptr);
55 
56 /* Macros. */
57 
58 /* PyMem_MALLOC(0) means malloc(1). Some systems would return NULL
59    for malloc(0), which would be treated as an error. Some platforms
60    would return a pointer with no memory behind it, which would break
61    pymalloc. To solve these problems, allocate an extra byte. */
62 /* Returns NULL to indicate error if a negative size or size larger than
63    Py_ssize_t can represent is supplied.  Helps prevents security holes. */
64 #define PyMem_MALLOC(n)         PyMem_Malloc(n)
65 #define PyMem_REALLOC(p, n)     PyMem_Realloc(p, n)
66 #define PyMem_FREE(p)           PyMem_Free(p)
67 
68 /*
69  * Type-oriented memory interface
70  * ==============================
71  *
72  * Allocate memory for n objects of the given type.  Returns a new pointer
73  * or NULL if the request was too large or memory allocation failed.  Use
74  * these macros rather than doing the multiplication yourself so that proper
75  * overflow checking is always done.
76  */
77 
78 #define PyMem_New(type, n) \
79   ( ((size_t)(n) > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(type)) ? NULL :      \
80         ( (type *) PyMem_Malloc((n) * sizeof(type)) ) )
81 #define PyMem_NEW(type, n) \
82   ( ((size_t)(n) > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(type)) ? NULL :      \
83         ( (type *) PyMem_MALLOC((n) * sizeof(type)) ) )
84 
85 /*
86  * The value of (p) is always clobbered by this macro regardless of success.
87  * The caller MUST check if (p) is NULL afterwards and deal with the memory
88  * error if so.  This means the original value of (p) MUST be saved for the
89  * caller's memory error handler to not lose track of it.
90  */
91 #define PyMem_Resize(p, type, n) \
92   ( (p) = ((size_t)(n) > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(type)) ? NULL :        \
93         (type *) PyMem_Realloc((p), (n) * sizeof(type)) )
94 #define PyMem_RESIZE(p, type, n) \
95   ( (p) = ((size_t)(n) > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(type)) ? NULL :        \
96         (type *) PyMem_REALLOC((p), (n) * sizeof(type)) )
97 
98 /* PyMem{Del,DEL} are left over from ancient days, and shouldn't be used
99  * anymore.  They're just confusing aliases for PyMem_{Free,FREE} now.
100  */
101 #define PyMem_Del               PyMem_Free
102 #define PyMem_DEL               PyMem_FREE
103 
104 /* bpo-35053: expose _Py_tracemalloc_config for performance:
105    _Py_NewReference() needs an efficient check to test if tracemalloc is
106    tracing.
107 
108    It has to be defined in pymem.h, before object.h is included. */
109 struct _PyTraceMalloc_Config {
110     /* Module initialized?
111        Variable protected by the GIL */
112     enum {
113         TRACEMALLOC_NOT_INITIALIZED,
114         TRACEMALLOC_INITIALIZED,
115         TRACEMALLOC_FINALIZED
116     } initialized;
117 
118     /* Is tracemalloc tracing memory allocations?
119        Variable protected by the GIL */
120     int tracing;
121 
122     /* limit of the number of frames in a traceback, 1 by default.
123        Variable protected by the GIL. */
124     int max_nframe;
125 
126     /* use domain in trace key?
127        Variable protected by the GIL. */
128     int use_domain;
129 };
130 
131 PyAPI_DATA(struct _PyTraceMalloc_Config) _Py_tracemalloc_config;
132 
133 #define _PyTraceMalloc_Config_INIT \
134     {.initialized = TRACEMALLOC_NOT_INITIALIZED, \
135      .tracing = 0, \
136      .max_nframe = 1, \
137      .use_domain = 0}
138 
139 
140 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
141 #  define Py_CPYTHON_PYMEM_H
142 #  include  "cpython/pymem.h"
143 #  undef Py_CPYTHON_PYMEM_H
144 #endif
145 
146 #ifdef __cplusplus
147 }
148 #endif
149 
150 #endif /* !Py_PYMEM_H */
151