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postgresql/src/include/utils/palloc.h
Tom Lane 7507b193bc Don't expose the inline definition of MemoryContextSwitchTo when FRONTEND is
defined.  Its reference to CurrentMemoryContext causes link failures on some
platforms, evidently because the inline function gets compiled despite lack of
use.  Per buildfarm member warthog.
2010-02-13 20:46:52 +00:00

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* palloc.h
* POSTGRES memory allocator definitions.
*
* This file contains the basic memory allocation interface that is
* needed by almost every backend module. It is included directly by
* postgres.h, so the definitions here are automatically available
* everywhere. Keep it lean!
*
* Memory allocation occurs within "contexts". Every chunk obtained from
* palloc()/MemoryContextAlloc() is allocated within a specific context.
* The entire contents of a context can be freed easily and quickly by
* resetting or deleting the context --- this is both faster and less
* prone to memory-leakage bugs than releasing chunks individually.
* We organize contexts into context trees to allow fine-grain control
* over chunk lifetime while preserving the certainty that we will free
* everything that should be freed. See utils/mmgr/README for more info.
*
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/palloc.h,v 1.44 2010/02/13 20:46:52 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#ifndef PALLOC_H
#define PALLOC_H
/*
* Type MemoryContextData is declared in nodes/memnodes.h. Most users
* of memory allocation should just treat it as an abstract type, so we
* do not provide the struct contents here.
*/
typedef struct MemoryContextData *MemoryContext;
/*
* CurrentMemoryContext is the default allocation context for palloc().
* We declare it here so that palloc() can be a macro. Avoid accessing it
* directly! Instead, use MemoryContextSwitchTo() to change the setting.
*/
extern PGDLLIMPORT MemoryContext CurrentMemoryContext;
/*
* Fundamental memory-allocation operations (more are in utils/memutils.h)
*/
extern void *MemoryContextAlloc(MemoryContext context, Size size);
extern void *MemoryContextAllocZero(MemoryContext context, Size size);
extern void *MemoryContextAllocZeroAligned(MemoryContext context, Size size);
#define palloc(sz) MemoryContextAlloc(CurrentMemoryContext, (sz))
#define palloc0(sz) MemoryContextAllocZero(CurrentMemoryContext, (sz))
/*
* The result of palloc() is always word-aligned, so we can skip testing
* alignment of the pointer when deciding which MemSet variant to use.
* Note that this variant does not offer any advantage, and should not be
* used, unless its "sz" argument is a compile-time constant; therefore, the
* issue that it evaluates the argument multiple times isn't a problem in
* practice.
*/
#define palloc0fast(sz) \
( MemSetTest(0, sz) ? \
MemoryContextAllocZeroAligned(CurrentMemoryContext, sz) : \
MemoryContextAllocZero(CurrentMemoryContext, sz) )
extern void pfree(void *pointer);
extern void *repalloc(void *pointer, Size size);
/*
* MemoryContextSwitchTo can't be a macro in standard C compilers.
* But we can make it an inline function if the compiler supports it.
*
* This file has to be includable by some non-backend code such as
* pg_resetxlog, so don't expose the CurrentMemoryContext reference
* if FRONTEND is defined.
*/
#if defined(USE_INLINE) && !defined(FRONTEND)
static inline MemoryContext
MemoryContextSwitchTo(MemoryContext context)
{
MemoryContext old = CurrentMemoryContext;
CurrentMemoryContext = context;
return old;
}
#else
extern MemoryContext MemoryContextSwitchTo(MemoryContext context);
#endif /* USE_INLINE && !FRONTEND */
/*
* These are like standard strdup() except the copied string is
* allocated in a context, not with malloc().
*/
extern char *MemoryContextStrdup(MemoryContext context, const char *string);
#define pstrdup(str) MemoryContextStrdup(CurrentMemoryContext, (str))
extern char *pnstrdup(const char *in, Size len);
#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
extern void *pgport_palloc(Size sz);
extern char *pgport_pstrdup(const char *str);
extern void pgport_pfree(void *pointer);
#endif
#endif /* PALLOC_H */