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1 #ifndef Py_CPYTHON_PYMEM_H
2 #  error "this header file must not be included directly"
3 #endif
4 
5 typedef enum {
6     /* PyMem_RawMalloc(), PyMem_RawRealloc() and PyMem_RawFree() */
7     PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW,
8 
9     /* PyMem_Malloc(), PyMem_Realloc() and PyMem_Free() */
10     PYMEM_DOMAIN_MEM,
11 
12     /* PyObject_Malloc(), PyObject_Realloc() and PyObject_Free() */
13     PYMEM_DOMAIN_OBJ
14 } PyMemAllocatorDomain;
15 
16 typedef enum {
17     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_NOT_SET = 0,
18     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEFAULT = 1,
19     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG = 2,
20     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC = 3,
21     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC_DEBUG = 4,
22 #ifdef WITH_PYMALLOC
23     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_PYMALLOC = 5,
24     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_PYMALLOC_DEBUG = 6,
25 #endif
26 #ifdef WITH_MIMALLOC
27     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MIMALLOC = 7,
28     PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MIMALLOC_DEBUG = 8,
29 #endif
30 } PyMemAllocatorName;
31 
32 
33 typedef struct {
34     /* user context passed as the first argument to the 4 functions */
35     void *ctx;
36 
37     /* allocate a memory block */
38     void* (*malloc) (void *ctx, size_t size);
39 
40     /* allocate a memory block initialized by zeros */
41     void* (*calloc) (void *ctx, size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
42 
43     /* allocate or resize a memory block */
44     void* (*realloc) (void *ctx, void *ptr, size_t new_size);
45 
46     /* release a memory block */
47     void (*free) (void *ctx, void *ptr);
48 } PyMemAllocatorEx;
49 
50 /* Get the memory block allocator of the specified domain. */
51 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_GetAllocator(PyMemAllocatorDomain domain,
52                                     PyMemAllocatorEx *allocator);
53 
54 /* Set the memory block allocator of the specified domain.
55 
56    The new allocator must return a distinct non-NULL pointer when requesting
57    zero bytes.
58 
59    For the PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW domain, the allocator must be thread-safe: the GIL
60    is not held when the allocator is called.
61 
62    If the new allocator is not a hook (don't call the previous allocator), the
63    PyMem_SetupDebugHooks() function must be called to reinstall the debug hooks
64    on top on the new allocator. */
65 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_SetAllocator(PyMemAllocatorDomain domain,
66                                     PyMemAllocatorEx *allocator);
67 
68 /* Setup hooks to detect bugs in the following Python memory allocator
69    functions:
70 
71    - PyMem_RawMalloc(), PyMem_RawRealloc(), PyMem_RawFree()
72    - PyMem_Malloc(), PyMem_Realloc(), PyMem_Free()
73    - PyObject_Malloc(), PyObject_Realloc() and PyObject_Free()
74 
75    Newly allocated memory is filled with the byte 0xCB, freed memory is filled
76    with the byte 0xDB. Additional checks:
77 
78    - detect API violations, ex: PyObject_Free() called on a buffer allocated
79      by PyMem_Malloc()
80    - detect write before the start of the buffer (buffer underflow)
81    - detect write after the end of the buffer (buffer overflow)
82 
83    The function does nothing if Python is not compiled is debug mode. */
84 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_SetupDebugHooks(void);
85