alloc: make VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT safer

VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT(array, size, elem) was not safe if the expression
for 'size' had side effects.  While no one in the current code base
was trying to pass side effects, we might as well be robust and
explicitly document our intentions.

* src/util/viralloc.c (virInsertElementsN): Add special case.
* src/util/viralloc.h (VIR_APPEND_ELEMENT): Use it.
(VIR_ALLOC, VIR_ALLOC_N, VIR_REALLOC_N, VIR_EXPAND_N)
(VIR_RESIZE_N, VIR_SHRINK_N, VIR_INSERT_ELEMENT)
(VIR_DELETE_ELEMENT, VIR_ALLOC_VAR, VIR_FREE): Document
which macros are safe in the presence of side effects.
* docs/hacking.html.in: Document this.
* HACKING: Regenerate.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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Eric Blake
2013-05-06 16:21:15 -06:00
parent 605a077244
commit ddcfc5492a
4 changed files with 47 additions and 14 deletions

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@@ -519,6 +519,13 @@
<h2><a name="preprocessor">Preprocessor</a></h2>
<p>Macros defined with an ALL_CAPS name should generally be
assumed to be unsafe with regards to arguments with side-effects
(that is, MAX(a++, b--) might increment a or decrement b too
many or too few times). Exceptions to this rule are explicitly
documented for macros in viralloc.h.
</p>
<p>
For variadic macros, stick with C99 syntax:
</p>
@@ -616,7 +623,7 @@
Use of the malloc/free/realloc/calloc APIs is deprecated in the libvirt
codebase, because they encourage a number of serious coding bugs and do
not enable compile time verification of checks for NULL. Instead of these
routines, use the macros from memory.h.
routines, use the macros from viralloc.h.
</p>
<ul>