malloc_allocator.h

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// Allocator that wraps "C" malloc -*- C++ -*-

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/** @file ext/malloc_allocator.h
 *  This file is a GNU extension to the Standard C++ Library.
 */

#ifndef _MALLOC_ALLOCATOR_H
#define _MALLOC_ALLOCATOR_H 1

#include <cstdlib>
#include <new>
#include <bits/functexcept.h>

_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)

  using std::size_t;
  using std::ptrdiff_t;

  /**
   *  @brief  An allocator that uses malloc.
   *
   *  This is precisely the allocator defined in the C++ Standard. 
   *    - all allocation calls malloc
   *    - all deallocation calls free
   */
  template<typename _Tp>
    class malloc_allocator
    {
    public:
      typedef size_t     size_type;
      typedef ptrdiff_t  difference_type;
      typedef _Tp*       pointer;
      typedef const _Tp* const_pointer;
      typedef _Tp&       reference;
      typedef const _Tp& const_reference;
      typedef _Tp        value_type;

      template<typename _Tp1>
        struct rebind
        { typedef malloc_allocator<_Tp1> other; };

      malloc_allocator() throw() { }

      malloc_allocator(const malloc_allocator&) throw() { }

      template<typename _Tp1>
        malloc_allocator(const malloc_allocator<_Tp1>&) throw() { }

      ~malloc_allocator() throw() { }

      pointer
      address(reference __x) const { return &__x; }

      const_pointer
      address(const_reference __x) const { return &__x; }

      // NB: __n is permitted to be 0.  The C++ standard says nothing
      // about what the return value is when __n == 0.
      pointer
      allocate(size_type __n, const void* = 0)
      {
    if (__builtin_expect(__n > this->max_size(), false))
      std::__throw_bad_alloc();

    pointer __ret = static_cast<_Tp*>(malloc(__n * sizeof(_Tp)));
    if (!__ret)
      std::__throw_bad_alloc();
    return __ret;
      }

      // __p is not permitted to be a null pointer.
      void
      deallocate(pointer __p, size_type)
      { free(static_cast<void*>(__p)); }

      size_type
      max_size() const throw() 
      { return size_t(-1) / sizeof(_Tp); }

      // _GLIBCXX_RESOLVE_LIB_DEFECTS
      // 402. wrong new expression in [some_] allocator::construct
      void 
      construct(pointer __p, const _Tp& __val) 
      { ::new(__p) value_type(__val); }

      void 
      destroy(pointer __p) { __p->~_Tp(); }
    };

  template<typename _Tp>
    inline bool
    operator==(const malloc_allocator<_Tp>&, const malloc_allocator<_Tp>&)
    { return true; }
  
  template<typename _Tp>
    inline bool
    operator!=(const malloc_allocator<_Tp>&, const malloc_allocator<_Tp>&)
    { return false; }

_GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE

#endif

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