src/base/low_level_alloc.h

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#if !defined(_BASE_LOW_LEVEL_ALLOC_H_)
#define _BASE_LOW_LEVEL_ALLOC_H_

// A simple thread-safe memory allocator that does not depend on
// mutexes or thread-specific data.  It is intended to be used
// sparingly, and only when malloc() would introduce an unwanted
// dependency, such as inside the heap-checker.

#include <config.h>
#include <stddef.h>             // for size_t
#include "base/basictypes.h"

class LowLevelAlloc {
 public:
  struct Arena;       // an arena from which memory may be allocated

  // Returns a pointer to a block of at least "request" bytes
  // that have been newly allocated from the specific arena.
  // for Alloc() call the DefaultArena() is used.
  // Returns 0 if passed request==0.
  // Does not return 0 under other circumstances; it crashes if memory
  // is not available.
  static void *Alloc(size_t request)
    ATTRIBUTE_SECTION(malloc_hook);
  static void *AllocWithArena(size_t request, Arena *arena)
    ATTRIBUTE_SECTION(malloc_hook);

  // Deallocates a region of memory that was previously allocated with
  // Alloc().   Does nothing if passed 0.   "s" must be either 0,
  // or must have been returned from a call to Alloc() and not yet passed to
  // Free() since that call to Alloc().  The space is returned to the arena
  // from which it was allocated.
  static void Free(void *s) ATTRIBUTE_SECTION(malloc_hook);

    // ATTRIBUTE_SECTION(malloc_hook) for Alloc* and Free
    // are to put all callers of MallocHook::Invoke* in this module
    // into special section,
    // so that MallocHook::GetCallerStackTrace can function accurately.

  // Create a new arena.
  // The root metadata for the new arena is allocated in the
  // meta_data_arena; the DefaultArena() can be passed for meta_data_arena.
  // These values may be ored into flags:
  enum {
    // Report calls to Alloc() and Free() via the MallocHook interface.
    // Set in the DefaultArena.
    kCallMallocHook = 0x0001,

    // Make calls to Alloc(), Free() be async-signal-safe.  Not set in
    // DefaultArena().
    kAsyncSignalSafe = 0x0002,

    // When used with DefaultArena(), the NewArena() and DeleteArena() calls
    // obey the flags given explicitly in the NewArena() call, even if those
    // flags differ from the settings in DefaultArena().  So the call
    // NewArena(kAsyncSignalSafe, DefaultArena()) is itself async-signal-safe,
    // as well as generatating an arena that provides async-signal-safe
    // Alloc/Free.
  };
  static Arena *NewArena(int32 flags, Arena *meta_data_arena);

  // Destroys an arena allocated by NewArena and returns true,
  // provided no allocated blocks remain in the arena.
  // If allocated blocks remain in the arena, does nothing and
  // returns false.
  // It is illegal to attempt to destroy the DefaultArena().
  static bool DeleteArena(Arena *arena);

  // The default arena that always exists.
  static Arena *DefaultArena();

 private:
  LowLevelAlloc();      // no instances
};

#endif