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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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34 
35 /*
36 ** File: prmem.h
37 ** Description: API to NSPR 2.0 memory management functions
38 **
39 */
40 #ifndef prmem_h___
41 #define prmem_h___
42 
43 #include "prtypes.h"
44 #include <stddef.h>
45 #include <stdlib.h>
46 
47 PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
48 
49 /*
50 ** Thread safe memory allocation.
51 **
52 ** NOTE: pr wraps up malloc, free, calloc, realloc so they are already
53 ** thread safe (and are not declared here - look in stdlib.h).
54 */
55 
56 /*
57 ** PR_Malloc, PR_Calloc, PR_Realloc, and PR_Free have the same signatures
58 ** as their libc equivalent malloc, calloc, realloc, and free, and have
59 ** the same semantics.  (Note that the argument type size_t is replaced
60 ** by PRUint32.)  Memory allocated by PR_Malloc, PR_Calloc, or PR_Realloc
61 ** must be freed by PR_Free.
62 */
63 
64 NSPR_API(void *) PR_Malloc(PRUint32 size);
65 
66 NSPR_API(void *) PR_Calloc(PRUint32 nelem, PRUint32 elsize);
67 
68 NSPR_API(void *) PR_Realloc(void *ptr, PRUint32 size);
69 
70 NSPR_API(void) PR_Free(void *ptr);
71 
72 /*
73 ** The following are some convenience macros defined in terms of
74 ** PR_Malloc, PR_Calloc, PR_Realloc, and PR_Free.
75 */
76 
77 /***********************************************************************
78 ** FUNCTION:	PR_MALLOC()
79 ** DESCRIPTION:
80 **   PR_NEW() allocates an untyped item of size _size from the heap.
81 ** INPUTS:  _size: size in bytes of item to be allocated
82 ** OUTPUTS:	untyped pointer to the node allocated
83 ** RETURN:	pointer to node or error returned from malloc().
84 ***********************************************************************/
85 #define PR_MALLOC(_bytes) (PR_Malloc((_bytes)))
86 
87 /***********************************************************************
88 ** FUNCTION:	PR_NEW()
89 ** DESCRIPTION:
90 **   PR_NEW() allocates an item of type _struct from the heap.
91 ** INPUTS:  _struct: a data type
92 ** OUTPUTS:	pointer to _struct
93 ** RETURN:	pointer to _struct or error returns from malloc().
94 ***********************************************************************/
95 #define PR_NEW(_struct) ((_struct *) PR_MALLOC(sizeof(_struct)))
96 
97 /***********************************************************************
98 ** FUNCTION:	PR_REALLOC()
99 ** DESCRIPTION:
100 **   PR_REALLOC() re-allocates _ptr bytes from the heap as a _size
101 **   untyped item.
102 ** INPUTS:	_ptr: pointer to node to reallocate
103 **          _size: size of node to allocate
104 ** OUTPUTS:	pointer to node allocated
105 ** RETURN:	pointer to node allocated
106 ***********************************************************************/
107 #define PR_REALLOC(_ptr, _size) (PR_Realloc((_ptr), (_size)))
108 
109 /***********************************************************************
110 ** FUNCTION:	PR_CALLOC()
111 ** DESCRIPTION:
112 **   PR_CALLOC() allocates a _size bytes untyped item from the heap
113 **   and sets the allocated memory to all 0x00.
114 ** INPUTS:	_size: size of node to allocate
115 ** OUTPUTS:	pointer to node allocated
116 ** RETURN:	pointer to node allocated
117 ***********************************************************************/
118 #define PR_CALLOC(_size) (PR_Calloc(1, (_size)))
119 
120 /***********************************************************************
121 ** FUNCTION:	PR_NEWZAP()
122 ** DESCRIPTION:
123 **   PR_NEWZAP() allocates an item of type _struct from the heap
124 **   and sets the allocated memory to all 0x00.
125 ** INPUTS:	_struct: a data type
126 ** OUTPUTS:	pointer to _struct
127 ** RETURN:	pointer to _struct
128 ***********************************************************************/
129 #define PR_NEWZAP(_struct) ((_struct*)PR_Calloc(1, sizeof(_struct)))
130 
131 /***********************************************************************
132 ** FUNCTION:	PR_DELETE()
133 ** DESCRIPTION:
134 **   PR_DELETE() unallocates an object previosly allocated via PR_NEW()
135 **   or PR_NEWZAP() to the heap.
136 ** INPUTS:	pointer to previously allocated object
137 ** OUTPUTS:	the referenced object is returned to the heap
138 ** RETURN:	void
139 ***********************************************************************/
140 #define PR_DELETE(_ptr) { PR_Free(_ptr); (_ptr) = NULL; }
141 
142 /***********************************************************************
143 ** FUNCTION:	PR_FREEIF()
144 ** DESCRIPTION:
145 **   PR_FREEIF() conditionally unallocates an object previously allocated
146 **   vial PR_NEW() or PR_NEWZAP(). If the pointer to the object is
147 **   equal to zero (0), the object is not released.
148 ** INPUTS:	pointer to previously allocated object
149 ** OUTPUTS:	the referenced object is conditionally returned to the heap
150 ** RETURN:	void
151 ***********************************************************************/
152 #define PR_FREEIF(_ptr)	if (_ptr) PR_DELETE(_ptr)
153 
154 PR_END_EXTERN_C
155 
156 #endif /* prmem_h___ */
157