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// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef BASE_ALLOCATOR_ALLOCATOR_SHIM_H_
#define BASE_ALLOCATOR_ALLOCATOR_SHIM_H_
#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "build/build_config.h"
#include "starboard/types.h"
namespace base {
namespace allocator {
// Allocator Shim API. Allows to:
// - Configure the behavior of the allocator (what to do on OOM failures).
// - Install new hooks (AllocatorDispatch) in the allocator chain.
// When this shim layer is enabled, the route of an allocation is as-follows:
//
// [allocator_shim_override_*.h] Intercept malloc() / operator new calls:
// The override_* headers define the symbols required to intercept calls to
// malloc() and operator new (if not overridden by specific C++ classes).
//
// [allocator_shim.cc] Routing allocation calls to the shim:
// The headers above route the calls to the internal ShimMalloc(), ShimFree(),
// ShimCppNew() etc. methods defined in allocator_shim.cc.
// These methods will: (1) forward the allocation call to the front of the
// AllocatorDispatch chain. (2) perform security hardenings (e.g., might
// call std::new_handler on OOM failure).
//
// [allocator_shim_default_dispatch_to_*.cc] The AllocatorDispatch chain:
// It is a singly linked list where each element is a struct with function
// pointers (|malloc_function|, |free_function|, etc). Normally the chain
// consists of a single AllocatorDispatch element, herein called
// the "default dispatch", which is statically defined at build time and
// ultimately routes the calls to the actual allocator defined by the build
// config (tcmalloc, glibc, ...).
//
// It is possible to dynamically insert further AllocatorDispatch stages
// to the front of the chain, for debugging / profiling purposes.
//
// All the functions must be thred safe. The shim does not enforce any
// serialization. This is to route to thread-aware allocators (e.g, tcmalloc)
// wihout introducing unnecessary perf hits.
struct AllocatorDispatch {
using AllocFn = void*(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
size_t size,
void* context);
using AllocZeroInitializedFn = void*(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
size_t n,
size_t size,
void* context);
using AllocAlignedFn = void*(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
size_t alignment,
size_t size,
void* context);
using ReallocFn = void*(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
void* address,
size_t size,
void* context);
using FreeFn = void(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
void* address,
void* context);
// Returns the best available estimate for the actual amount of memory
// consumed by the allocation |address|. If possible, this should include
// heap overhead or at least a decent estimate of the full cost of the
// allocation. If no good estimate is possible, returns zero.
using GetSizeEstimateFn = size_t(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
void* address,
void* context);
using BatchMallocFn = unsigned(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
size_t size,
void** results,
unsigned num_requested,
void* context);
using BatchFreeFn = void(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
void** to_be_freed,
unsigned num_to_be_freed,
void* context);
using FreeDefiniteSizeFn = void(const AllocatorDispatch* self,
void* ptr,
size_t size,
void* context);
AllocFn* const alloc_function;
AllocZeroInitializedFn* const alloc_zero_initialized_function;
AllocAlignedFn* const alloc_aligned_function;
ReallocFn* const realloc_function;
FreeFn* const free_function;
GetSizeEstimateFn* const get_size_estimate_function;
BatchMallocFn* const batch_malloc_function;
BatchFreeFn* const batch_free_function;
FreeDefiniteSizeFn* const free_definite_size_function;
const AllocatorDispatch* next;
// |default_dispatch| is statically defined by one (and only one) of the
// allocator_shim_default_dispatch_to_*.cc files, depending on the build
// configuration.
static const AllocatorDispatch default_dispatch;
};
// When true makes malloc behave like new, w.r.t calling the new_handler if
// the allocation fails (see set_new_mode() in Windows).
BASE_EXPORT void SetCallNewHandlerOnMallocFailure(bool value);
// Allocates |size| bytes or returns nullptr. It does NOT call the new_handler,
// regardless of SetCallNewHandlerOnMallocFailure().
BASE_EXPORT void* UncheckedAlloc(size_t size);
// Inserts |dispatch| in front of the allocator chain. This method is
// thread-safe w.r.t concurrent invocations of InsertAllocatorDispatch().
// The callers have responsibility for inserting a single dispatch no more
// than once.
BASE_EXPORT void InsertAllocatorDispatch(AllocatorDispatch* dispatch);
// Test-only. Rationale: (1) lack of use cases; (2) dealing safely with a
// removal of arbitrary elements from a singly linked list would require a lock
// in malloc(), which we really don't want.
BASE_EXPORT void RemoveAllocatorDispatchForTesting(AllocatorDispatch* dispatch);
#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
// On macOS, the allocator shim needs to be turned on during runtime.
BASE_EXPORT void InitializeAllocatorShim();
#endif // defined(OS_MACOSX)
} // namespace allocator
} // namespace base
#endif // BASE_ALLOCATOR_ALLOCATOR_SHIM_H_