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diff --git a/malloc/malloc-internal.h b/malloc/malloc-internal.h index 98afd14040..a3df8c30ba 100644 --- a/malloc/malloc-internal.h +++ b/malloc/malloc-internal.h @@ -19,6 +19,59 @@ #ifndef _MALLOC_INTERNAL_H #define _MALLOC_INTERNAL_H +#include <malloc-machine.h> +#include <malloc-sysdep.h> + +/* INTERNAL_SIZE_T is the word-size used for internal bookkeeping of + chunk sizes. + + The default version is the same as size_t. + + While not strictly necessary, it is best to define this as an + unsigned type, even if size_t is a signed type. This may avoid some + artificial size limitations on some systems. + + On a 64-bit machine, you may be able to reduce malloc overhead by + defining INTERNAL_SIZE_T to be a 32 bit `unsigned int' at the + expense of not being able to handle more than 2^32 of malloced + space. If this limitation is acceptable, you are encouraged to set + this unless you are on a platform requiring 16byte alignments. In + this case the alignment requirements turn out to negate any + potential advantages of decreasing size_t word size. + + Implementors: Beware of the possible combinations of: + - INTERNAL_SIZE_T might be signed or unsigned, might be 32 or 64 bits, + and might be the same width as int or as long + - size_t might have different width and signedness as INTERNAL_SIZE_T + - int and long might be 32 or 64 bits, and might be the same width + + To deal with this, most comparisons and difference computations + among INTERNAL_SIZE_Ts should cast them to unsigned long, being + aware of the fact that casting an unsigned int to a wider long does + not sign-extend. (This also makes checking for negative numbers + awkward.) Some of these casts result in harmless compiler warnings + on some systems. */ +#ifndef INTERNAL_SIZE_T +# define INTERNAL_SIZE_T size_t +#endif + +/* The corresponding word size. */ +#define SIZE_SZ (sizeof (INTERNAL_SIZE_T)) + +/* MALLOC_ALIGNMENT is the minimum alignment for malloc'ed chunks. It + must be a power of two at least 2 * SIZE_SZ, even on machines for + which smaller alignments would suffice. It may be defined as larger + than this though. Note however that code and data structures are + optimized for the case of 8-byte alignment. */ +#ifndef MALLOC_ALIGNMENT +# define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT (2 * SIZE_SZ < __alignof__ (long double) \ + ? __alignof__ (long double) : 2 * SIZE_SZ) +#endif + +/* The corresponding bit mask value. */ +#define MALLOC_ALIGN_MASK (MALLOC_ALIGNMENT - 1) + + /* Called in the parent process before a fork. */ void __malloc_fork_lock_parent (void) internal_function attribute_hidden; |