/******************************************************************************* * libretroshare/src/util: rsmemory.h * * * * libretroshare: retroshare core library * * * * Copyright (C) 2012 Cyril Soler * * Copyright (C) 2019-2023 Gioacchino Mazzurco * * Copyright (C) 2021-2023 AsociaciĆ³n Civil Altermundi * * * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * * along with this program. If not, see . * * * *******************************************************************************/ #pragma once #include #include #include #include #include "util/rserrorbubbleorexit.h" #include "util/rsdebug.h" #include "util/rsdeprecate.h" /** * @brief Shorthand macro to declare optional functions output parameters * To define an optional output paramether use the following syntax * \code{.cpp} bool myFunnyFunction( int mandatoryParamether, BigType& myOptionalOutput = RS_DEFAULT_STORAGE_PARAM(BigType) ) \endcode * * The function caller then can call myFunnyFunction either passing * myOptionalOutput parameter or not. * @see RsGxsChannels methods for real usage examples. * * @details * When const references are used to pass function parameters it is easy do make * those params optional by defining a default value in the function * declaration, because a temp is accepted as default parameter in those cases. * It is not as simple when one want to make optional a non-const reference * parameter that is usually used as output, in that case as a temp is in theory * not acceptable. * Yet it is possible to overcome that limitation with the following trick: * If not passed as parameter the storage for the output parameter can be * dinamically allocated directly by the function call, to avoid leaking memory * on each function call the pointer to that storage is made unique so once the * function returns it goes out of scope and is automatically deleted. * About performance overhead: std::unique_ptr have very good performance and * modern compilers may be even able to avoid the dynamic allocation in this * case, any way the allocation would only happen if the parameter is not * passed, so any effect on performace would happen only in case where the * function is called without the parameter. */ #define RS_DEFAULT_STORAGE_PARAM(Type,...) *std::unique_ptr(new Type(__VA_ARGS__)) /** @brief Safely dynamic cast between std::unique_ptr of different types * std::unique_ptr semantic rely on the invariant that only one instance own * the object, when casting between differents types one would be tempted to do * it in a one liner that easly end up breaking that condition ending up in a * double delete and crash or in a silent memleak. * With this function one can do that with same comfort of a plain dynamic_cast, * plus the std::unique_ptr safety. * @param[inout] src reference to source pointer. If the cast is successfull it * is released, otherwise it is left untouched. * @param[out] dst reference to destination pointer. If the cast is successful * it get reseated to the object address, otherwise it is left untouched. * @return true on success, false otherwise */ template bool rs_unique_cast( std::unique_ptr& src, std::unique_ptr& dst ) { T_DST* dstPtr = dynamic_cast(src.get()); if(dstPtr) { src.release(); dst.reset(dstPtr); return true; } return false; } /** Mark a pointer as non-owned aka it must not be deleted/freed in that context. * If a function take an `rs_view_ptr` as paramether it means that she will not * own (aka free/delete) the passed memory, instead the caller is in charge of * managing it. If a function return an `rs_view_ptr` it means the memory is * managed internally and the caller should not call free/delete on it. * @see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p1408r0.pdf */ template using rs_view_ptr = T*; /** Mark a pointer as owned aka the receiving context is in charge of dealing * with it by free/delete once finished. * If a function take an `rs_owner_ptr` as paramether it means that she will own * (aka free/delete when finished using it) the passed memory, instead the * caller is NOT in charge of managing it. * If a function return an `rs_owner_ptr` it means the memory is NOT managed * internally and the caller should call free/delete on it once finished using * it. * @see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p1408r0.pdf */ template using rs_owner_ptr = T*; /// 1Gb should be enough for everything! static constexpr size_t RS_SAFE_MEMALLOC_THRESHOLD = 1024*1024*1024; /** Comfortable templated safer malloc, just use it specifing the type of the * pointer to be returned without need of ugly casting the returned pointer * `uint8_t* ptr = rs_malloc(40);` * @param[in] size number of bytes to allocate * @param[out] ec optional storage for error details. Value is meaningful only * when nullptr is returned. If a nullptr is passed then errors are treated * as fatal inside rs_malloc, otherwise they are bubbled up to be treated * upstream * @return nullptr on error, pointer to the allocated chuck of memory on success */ template rs_owner_ptr rs_malloc( size_t size, rs_view_ptr ec = nullptr ) { if(size == 0) { rs_error_bubble_or_exit( std::errc::invalid_argument, ec, "A chunk of size 0 was requested" ); return nullptr; } if(size > RS_SAFE_MEMALLOC_THRESHOLD) { rs_error_bubble_or_exit( std::errc::argument_out_of_domain, ec, "A chunk of size larger than ", RS_SAFE_MEMALLOC_THRESHOLD, " was requested" ); return nullptr; } void* mem = malloc(size); if(!mem) { rs_error_bubble_or_exit( rs_errno_to_condition(errno), ec, "malloc failed for a chunk of ", size, " bytes" ); return nullptr; } return static_cast>(mem); } /** @deprecated use std::unique_ptr instead // This is a scope guard to release the memory block when going of of the current scope. // Can be very useful to auto-delete some memory on quit without the need to call free each time. // // Usage: // // { // TemporaryMemoryHolder mem(size) ; // // if(mem != NULL) // [ do something ] ; // // memcopy(mem, some_other_memory, size) ; // // [do something] // // } // mem gets freed automatically */ class RS_DEPRECATED_FOR("std::unique_ptr") RsTemporaryMemory { public: explicit RsTemporaryMemory(size_t s) { _mem = (unsigned char *)rs_malloc(s) ; if(_mem) _size = s ; else _size = 0 ; } operator unsigned char *() { return _mem ; } size_t size() const { return _size ; } ~RsTemporaryMemory() { free(_mem); } private: unsigned char *_mem ; size_t _size ; // make it noncopyable RsTemporaryMemory& operator=(const RsTemporaryMemory&) { return *this ;} RsTemporaryMemory(const RsTemporaryMemory&) {} };