//! Memory allocation APIs #![stable(feature = "alloc_module", since = "1.28.0")] mod global; mod layout; #[stable(feature = "global_alloc", since = "1.28.0")] pub use self::global::GlobalAlloc; #[stable(feature = "alloc_layout", since = "1.28.0")] pub use self::layout::{Layout, LayoutErr}; use crate::fmt; use crate::ptr::{self, NonNull}; /// The `AllocErr` error indicates an allocation failure /// that may be due to resource exhaustion or to /// something wrong when combining the given input arguments with this /// allocator. #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)] pub struct AllocErr; // (we need this for downstream impl of trait Error) #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] impl fmt::Display for AllocErr { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result { f.write_str("memory allocation failed") } } /// A desired initial state for allocated memory. #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)] #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub enum AllocInit { /// The contents of the new memory are uninitialized. Uninitialized, /// The new memory is guaranteed to be zeroed. Zeroed, } impl AllocInit { /// Initialize the specified memory block. /// /// This behaves like calling [`AllocInit::init_offset(memory, 0)`][off]. /// /// [off]: AllocInit::init_offset /// /// # Safety /// /// * `memory.ptr` must be [valid] for writes of `memory.size` bytes. /// /// [valid]: ../../core/ptr/index.html#safety #[inline] #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub unsafe fn init(self, memory: MemoryBlock) { self.init_offset(memory, 0) } /// Initialize the memory block like specified by `init` at the specified `offset`. /// /// This is a no-op for [`AllocInit::Uninitialized`][] and writes zeroes for /// [`AllocInit::Zeroed`][] at `ptr + offset` until `ptr + layout.size()`. /// /// # Safety /// /// * `memory.ptr` must be [valid] for writes of `memory.size` bytes. /// * `offset` must be smaller than or equal to `memory.size` /// /// [valid]: ../../core/ptr/index.html#safety #[inline] #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub unsafe fn init_offset(self, memory: MemoryBlock, offset: usize) { debug_assert!( offset <= memory.size, "`offset` must be smaller than or equal to `memory.size`" ); match self { AllocInit::Uninitialized => (), AllocInit::Zeroed => { memory.ptr.as_ptr().add(offset).write_bytes(0, memory.size - offset) } } } } /// Represents a block of allocated memory returned by an allocator. #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)] #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub struct MemoryBlock { pub ptr: NonNull, pub size: usize, } /// A placement constraint when growing or shrinking an existing allocation. #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)] #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub enum ReallocPlacement { /// The allocator is allowed to move the allocation to a different memory address. // FIXME(wg-allocators#46): Add a section to the module documentation "What is a legal // allocator" and link it at "valid location". /// /// If the allocation _does_ move, it's the responsibility of the allocator /// to also move the data from the previous location to the new location. MayMove, /// The address of the new memory must not change. /// /// If the allocation would have to be moved to a new location to fit, the /// reallocation request will fail. InPlace, } /// An implementation of `AllocRef` can allocate, grow, shrink, and deallocate arbitrary blocks of /// data described via [`Layout`][]. /// /// `AllocRef` is designed to be implemented on ZSTs, references, or smart pointers because having /// an allocator like `MyAlloc([u8; N])` cannot be moved, without updating the pointers to the /// allocated memory. /// /// Unlike [`GlobalAlloc`][], zero-sized allocations are allowed in `AllocRef`. If an underlying /// allocator does not support this (like jemalloc) or return a null pointer (such as /// `libc::malloc`), this must be caught by the implementation. /// /// ### Currently allocated memory /// /// Some of the methods require that a memory block be *currently allocated* via an allocator. This /// means that: /// /// * the starting address for that memory block was previously returned by [`alloc`], [`grow`], or /// [`shrink`], and /// /// * the memory block has not been subsequently deallocated, where blocks are either deallocated /// directly by being passed to [`dealloc`] or were changed by being passed to [`grow`] or /// [`shrink`] that returns `Ok`. If `grow` or `shrink` have returned `Err`, the passed pointer /// remains valid. /// /// [`alloc`]: AllocRef::alloc /// [`grow`]: AllocRef::grow /// [`shrink`]: AllocRef::shrink /// [`dealloc`]: AllocRef::dealloc /// /// ### Memory fitting /// /// Some of the methods require that a layout *fit* a memory block. What it means for a layout to /// "fit" a memory block means (or equivalently, for a memory block to "fit" a layout) is that the /// following conditions must hold: /// /// * The block must be allocated with the same alignment as [`layout.align()`], and /// /// * The provided [`layout.size()`] must fall in the range `min ..= max`, where: /// - `min` is the size of the layout most recently used to allocate the block, and /// - `max` is the latest actual size returned from [`alloc`], [`grow`], or [`shrink`]. /// /// [`layout.align()`]: Layout::align /// [`layout.size()`]: Layout::size /// /// # Safety /// /// * Memory blocks returned from an allocator must point to valid memory and retain their validity /// until the instance and all of its clones are dropped, /// /// * cloning or moving the allocator must not invalidate memory blocks returned from this /// allocator. A cloned allocator must behave like the same allocator, and /// /// * any pointer to a memory block which is [*currently allocated*] may be passed to any other /// method of the allocator. /// /// [*currently allocated*]: #currently-allocated-memory #[unstable(feature = "allocator_api", issue = "32838")] pub unsafe trait AllocRef { /// Attempts to allocate a block of memory. /// /// On success, returns a [`MemoryBlock`][] meeting the size and alignment guarantees of `layout`. /// /// The returned block may have a larger size than specified by `layout.size()` and is /// initialized as specified by [`init`], all the way up to the returned size of the block. /// /// [`init`]: AllocInit /// /// # Errors /// /// Returning `Err` indicates that either memory is exhausted or `layout` does not meet /// allocator's size or alignment constraints. /// /// Implementations are encouraged to return `Err` on memory exhaustion rather than panicking or /// aborting, but this is not a strict requirement. (Specifically: it is *legal* to implement /// this trait atop an underlying native allocation library that aborts on memory exhaustion.) /// /// Clients wishing to abort computation in response to an allocation error are encouraged to /// call the [`handle_alloc_error`] function, rather than directly invoking `panic!` or similar. /// /// [`handle_alloc_error`]: ../../alloc/alloc/fn.handle_alloc_error.html fn alloc(&mut self, layout: Layout, init: AllocInit) -> Result; /// Deallocates the memory referenced by `ptr`. /// /// # Safety /// /// * `ptr` must denote a block of memory [*currently allocated*] via this allocator, and /// * `layout` must [*fit*] that block of memory. /// /// [*currently allocated*]: #currently-allocated-memory /// [*fit*]: #memory-fitting unsafe fn dealloc(&mut self, ptr: NonNull, layout: Layout); /// Attempts to extend the memory block. /// /// Returns a new [`MemoryBlock`][] containing a pointer and the actual size of the allocated /// memory. The pointer is suitable for holding data described by a new layout with `layout`’s /// alignment and a size given by `new_size`. To accomplish this, the allocator may extend the /// allocation referenced by `ptr` to fit the new layout. If the [`placement`] is /// [`InPlace`], the returned pointer is guaranteed to be the same as the passed `ptr`. /// /// If [`MayMove`] is used then ownership of the memory block referenced by `ptr` /// is transferred to this allocator. The memory may or may not be freed, and should be /// considered unusable (unless of course it is transferred back to the caller again via the /// return value of this method). /// /// If this method returns `Err`, then ownership of the memory block has not been transferred to /// this allocator, and the contents of the memory block are unaltered. /// /// The memory block will contain the following contents after a successful call to `grow`: /// * Bytes `0..layout.size()` are preserved from the original allocation. /// * Bytes `layout.size()..old_size` will either be preserved or initialized according to /// [`init`], depending on the allocator implementation. `old_size` refers to the size of /// the `MemoryBlock` prior to the `grow` call, which may be larger than the size /// that was originally requested when it was allocated. /// * Bytes `old_size..new_size` are initialized according to [`init`]. `new_size` refers to /// the size of the `MemoryBlock` returned by the `grow` call. /// /// [`InPlace`]: ReallocPlacement::InPlace /// [`MayMove`]: ReallocPlacement::MayMove /// [`placement`]: ReallocPlacement /// [`init`]: AllocInit /// /// # Safety /// /// * `ptr` must denote a block of memory [*currently allocated*] via this allocator, /// * `layout` must [*fit*] that block of memory (The `new_size` argument need not fit it.), // We can't require that `new_size` is strictly greater than `memory.size` because of ZSTs. // An alternative would be // * `new_size must be strictly greater than `memory.size` or both are zero /// * `new_size` must be greater than or equal to `layout.size()`, and /// * `new_size`, when rounded up to the nearest multiple of `layout.align()`, must not overflow /// (i.e., the rounded value must be less than or equal to `usize::MAX`). /// /// [*currently allocated*]: #currently-allocated-memory /// [*fit*]: #memory-fitting /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns `Err` if the new layout does not meet the allocator's size and alignment /// constraints of the allocator, or if growing otherwise fails. /// /// Implementations are encouraged to return `Err` on memory exhaustion rather than panicking or /// aborting, but this is not a strict requirement. (Specifically: it is *legal* to implement /// this trait atop an underlying native allocation library that aborts on memory exhaustion.) /// /// Clients wishing to abort computation in response to an allocation error are encouraged to /// call the [`handle_alloc_error`] function, rather than directly invoking `panic!` or similar. /// /// [`handle_alloc_error`]: ../../alloc/alloc/fn.handle_alloc_error.html unsafe fn grow( &mut self, ptr: NonNull, layout: Layout, new_size: usize, placement: ReallocPlacement, init: AllocInit, ) -> Result { match placement { ReallocPlacement::InPlace => Err(AllocErr), ReallocPlacement::MayMove => { let size = layout.size(); debug_assert!( new_size >= size, "`new_size` must be greater than or equal to `layout.size()`" ); if new_size == size { return Ok(MemoryBlock { ptr, size }); } let new_layout = Layout::from_size_align_unchecked(new_size, layout.align()); let new_memory = self.alloc(new_layout, init)?; ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(ptr.as_ptr(), new_memory.ptr.as_ptr(), size); self.dealloc(ptr, layout); Ok(new_memory) } } } /// Attempts to shrink the memory block. /// /// Returns a new [`MemoryBlock`][] containing a pointer and the actual size of the allocated /// memory. The pointer is suitable for holding data described by a new layout with `layout`’s /// alignment and a size given by `new_size`. To accomplish this, the allocator may shrink the /// allocation referenced by `ptr` to fit the new layout. If the [`placement`] is /// [`InPlace`], the returned pointer is guaranteed to be the same as the passed `ptr`. /// /// If this returns `Ok`, then ownership of the memory block referenced by `ptr` has been /// transferred to this allocator. The memory may or may not have been freed, and should be /// considered unusable unless it was transferred back to the caller again via the /// return value of this method. /// /// If this method returns `Err`, then ownership of the memory block has not been transferred to /// this allocator, and the contents of the memory block are unaltered. /// /// The behavior of how the allocator tries to shrink the memory is specified by [`placement`]. /// /// [`InPlace`]: ReallocPlacement::InPlace /// [`placement`]: ReallocPlacement /// /// # Safety /// /// * `ptr` must denote a block of memory [*currently allocated*] via this allocator, /// * `layout` must [*fit*] that block of memory (The `new_size` argument need not fit it.), and // We can't require that `new_size` is strictly smaller than `memory.size` because of ZSTs. // An alternative would be // * `new_size must be strictly smaller than `memory.size` or both are zero /// * `new_size` must be smaller than or equal to `layout.size()`. /// /// [*currently allocated*]: #currently-allocated-memory /// [*fit*]: #memory-fitting /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns `Err` if the new layout does not meet the allocator's size and alignment /// constraints of the allocator, or if shrinking otherwise fails. /// /// Implementations are encouraged to return `Err` on memory exhaustion rather than panicking or /// aborting, but this is not a strict requirement. (Specifically: it is *legal* to implement /// this trait atop an underlying native allocation library that aborts on memory exhaustion.) /// /// Clients wishing to abort computation in response to an allocation error are encouraged to /// call the [`handle_alloc_error`] function, rather than directly invoking `panic!` or similar. /// /// [`handle_alloc_error`]: ../../alloc/alloc/fn.handle_alloc_error.html unsafe fn shrink( &mut self, ptr: NonNull, layout: Layout, new_size: usize, placement: ReallocPlacement, ) -> Result { match placement { ReallocPlacement::InPlace => Err(AllocErr), ReallocPlacement::MayMove => { let size = layout.size(); debug_assert!( new_size <= size, "`new_size` must be smaller than or equal to `layout.size()`" ); if new_size == size { return Ok(MemoryBlock { ptr, size }); } let new_layout = Layout::from_size_align_unchecked(new_size, layout.align()); let new_memory = self.alloc(new_layout, AllocInit::Uninitialized)?; ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(ptr.as_ptr(), new_memory.ptr.as_ptr(), new_size); self.dealloc(ptr, layout); Ok(new_memory) } } } }