/*
* fhist - file history and comparison tools
* Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2002 Peter Miller;
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
*
* MANIFEST: functions to manipulate dynamic memory
*/
#include <ac/errno.h>
#include <ac/stddef.h>
#include <ac/stdlib.h>
#include <ac/string.h>
#include <error.h>
#include <mem.h>
/*
* NAME
* memory_error - diagnostic
*
* SYNOPSIS
* void memory_error(void);
*
* DESCRIPTION
* The memory_error function is used to report fatal problems with the
* memory allocator.
*
* RETURNS
* The memory_error function does not return.
*/
static void
memory_error(void)
{
#ifdef DEBUG
nerror_raw("memory allocator");
abort();
#else
nfatal_raw("memory allocator");
#endif
}
/*
* NAME
* mem_alloc - allocate and clear memory
*
* SYNOPSIS
* char *mem_alloc(size_t n);
*
* DESCRIPTION
* Mem_alloc uses malloc to allocate the required sized chunk of memory.
* If any error is returned from malloc() an fatal diagnostic is issued.
* The memory is zeroed befor it is returned.
*
* CAVEAT
* It is the responsibility of the caller to ensure that the space is
* freed when finished with, by a call to free().
*/
void *
mem_alloc(size_t n)
{
void *p;
if (n < 1)
n = 1;
errno = ENOMEM;
p = malloc(n);
if (!p)
memory_error();
return p;
}
/*
* NAME
* mem_alloc_clear - allocate and clear memory
*
* SYNOPSIS
* char *mem_alloc_clear(size_t n);
*
* DESCRIPTION
* Mem_alloc_clear uses malloc to allocate the required sized chunk of memory.
* If any error is returned from malloc() an fatal diagnostic is issued.
* The memory is zeroed befor it is returned.
*
* CAVEAT
* It is the responsibility of the caller to ensure that the space is
* freed when finished with, by a call to free().
*/
void *
mem_alloc_clear(size_t n)
{
void *p;
p = mem_alloc(n);
memset(p, 0, n);
return p;
}
void *
mem_change_size(void *p, size_t n)
{
if (n < 1)
n = 1;
errno = ENOMEM;
if (!p)
p = malloc(n);
else
p = realloc(p, n);
if (!p)
memory_error();
return p;
}
void
mem_free(void *p)
{
free(p);
}
char *
mem_copy_string(const char *s)
{
char *cp;
cp = mem_alloc(strlen(s) + 1);
strcpy(cp, s);
return cp;
}
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