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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/slibc-alloc.h | 41 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/slibc-alloc.h b/include/slibc-alloc.h index b0b2561..53e1921 100644 --- a/include/slibc-alloc.h +++ b/include/slibc-alloc.h @@ -297,25 +297,30 @@ void* naive_extalloc(void*, size_t) /* sic! we limit ourself to ASCII */ * this function. * * If `new_size` is zero and `ptr` is `NULL`, - * nothing happens, but errno is set zero and `NULL` is returned. - * If `new_size` is zero and `ptr` is not `NULL`, - * `ptr` is deallocated, errno is set zero, and `NULL` is returned. - * `ptr`'s content will be clear if `old_size` is not zero - * and `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`, but if `old_size` is zero and - * and `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`, `errno` is set to `EINVAL`. - * If `new_size` is not zero, and `ptr` is not `NULL`, - * `ptr` is reallocated. If `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR` the old allocation - * is cleared if a new allocation is created, or if the allocation - * is shrinked, the disowned area is cleared. However, if `old_size` - * is zero an `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR` errno is set to `EINVAL` and - * `NULL` is returned. If a new allocation is created, the first - * `old_size` bytes is copied from the old allocation into the new - * allocation. If `mode & FALLOC_INIT`, all newly available space - * will be initialised with zeroes. - * If neither `new_size` nor `new_size` is zero, and `ptr` is `NULL`, + * nothing happens, but `errno` is set to zero and `NULL` + * is returned. + * If `new_size` is non-zero, `old_size` is zero, and `ptr` + * is not `NULL` or if `new_size` and `old_size` is non-zero, + * and `ptr` is `NULL`, `errno` is set to `EINVAL` and `NULL` + * is returned. + * If `new_size` and `old_size` is zero and `ptr` is not `NULL`, * `errno` is set to `EINVAL` and `NULL` is returned. - * Otherwise (if `new_size` is non-zero, `old_size` is zero, and - * `ptr` is `NULL ), a new allocation is created. + * If `new_size` is zero, `old_size` is non-zero, and `ptr` + * is not `NULL`, `ptr` is deallocated, and `NULL` is returned + * with `errno` set to zero. The memory cleared before it is + * deallocated if `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`. + * If `new_size` is non-zero, `old_size` is zero, and `ptr` is + * `NULL`, a new allocation is created of `new_size` bytes. + * It will be zero-initialised if `mode & FALLOC_INIT`. + * If `new_size` and `old_size` is non-zero and `ptr` is not + * `NULL`, `ptr` is reallocated. if the allocation is shrunk, + * the disowned area is cleared if `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`. + * Newly available memory is zero-initialised if + * `mode & FALLOC_INIT`. If a new allocation is required, + * the data from the old allocation is only copied over to + * the new allocation if `mode & FALLOC_MEMCPY`. If + * `(mode & FALLOC_INIT) && !(mode & FALLOC_MEMCPY)`, the + * entire allocation will be cleared. * * @param ptr The old pointer, `NULL` if a new shall be created. * @param ptrshift Pointer that is used to keep track of the pointers |