cpython/Include/objimpl.h
Tim Peters 9e4ca10ce4 SF bug [#467145] Python 2.2a4 build problem on HPUX 11.0.
The platform requires 8-byte alignment for doubles, but the GC header
was 12 bytes and that threw off the natural alignment of the double
members of a subtype of complex.  The fix puts the GC header into a
union with a double as the other member, to force no-looser-than
double alignment of GC headers.  On boxes that require 8-byte alignment
for doubles, this may add pad bytes to the GC header accordingly; ditto
for platforms that *prefer* 8-byte alignment for doubles.  On platforms
that don't care, it shouldn't change the memory layout (because the
size of the old GC header is certainly greater than the size of a double
on all platforms, so unioning with a double shouldn't change size or
alignment on such boxes).
2001-10-11 18:31:31 +00:00

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#ifndef Py_OBJIMPL_H
#define Py_OBJIMPL_H
#include "pymem.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/*
Functions and macros for modules that implement new object types.
You must first include "object.h".
- PyObject_New(type, typeobj) allocates memory for a new object of
the given type; here 'type' must be the C structure type used to
represent the object and 'typeobj' the address of the corresponding
type object. Reference count and type pointer are filled in; the
rest of the bytes of the object are *undefined*! The resulting
expression type is 'type *'. The size of the object is actually
determined by the tp_basicsize field of the type object.
- PyObject_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) is similar but allocates a
variable-size object with n extra items. The size is computed as
tp_basicsize plus n * tp_itemsize. This fills in the ob_size field
as well.
- PyObject_Del(op) releases the memory allocated for an object.
- PyObject_Init(op, typeobj) and PyObject_InitVar(op, typeobj, n) are
similar to PyObject_{New, NewVar} except that they don't allocate
the memory needed for an object. Instead of the 'type' parameter,
they accept the pointer of a new object (allocated by an arbitrary
allocator) and initialize its object header fields.
Note that objects created with PyObject_{New, NewVar} are allocated
within the Python heap by an object allocator, the latter being
implemented (by default) on top of the Python raw memory
allocator. This ensures that Python keeps control on the user's
objects regarding their memory management; for instance, they may be
subject to automatic garbage collection.
In case a specific form of memory management is needed, implying that
the objects would not reside in the Python heap (for example standard
malloc heap(s) are mandatory, use of shared memory, C++ local storage
or operator new), you must first allocate the object with your custom
allocator, then pass its pointer to PyObject_{Init, InitVar} for
filling in its Python-specific fields: reference count, type pointer,
possibly others. You should be aware that Python has very limited
control over these objects because they don't cooperate with the
Python memory manager. Such objects may not be eligible for automatic
garbage collection and you have to make sure that they are released
accordingly whenever their destructor gets called (cf. the specific
form of memory management you're using).
Unless you have specific memory management requirements, it is
recommended to use PyObject_{New, NewVar, Del}. */
/*
* Core object memory allocator
* ============================
*/
/* The purpose of the object allocator is to make the distinction
between "object memory" and the rest within the Python heap.
Object memory is the one allocated by PyObject_{New, NewVar}, i.e.
the one that holds the object's representation defined by its C
type structure, *excluding* any object-specific memory buffers that
might be referenced by the structure (for type structures that have
pointer fields). By default, the object memory allocator is
implemented on top of the raw memory allocator.
The PyCore_* macros can be defined to make the interpreter use a
custom object memory allocator. They are reserved for internal
memory management purposes exclusively. Both the core and extension
modules should use the PyObject_* API. */
#ifdef WITH_PYMALLOC
#define PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_FUNC _PyCore_ObjectMalloc
#define PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_FUNC _PyCore_ObjectRealloc
#define PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_FUNC _PyCore_ObjectFree
#define NEED_TO_DECLARE_OBJECT_MALLOC_AND_FRIEND
#endif /* !WITH_PYMALLOC */
#ifndef PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_FUNC
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_FUNC
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_FUNC
#define PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_FUNC PyCore_MALLOC_FUNC
#define PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_FUNC PyCore_REALLOC_FUNC
#define PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_FUNC PyCore_FREE_FUNC
#endif
#ifndef PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_PROTO
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_PROTO
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_PROTO
#define PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_PROTO PyCore_MALLOC_PROTO
#define PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_PROTO PyCore_REALLOC_PROTO
#define PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_PROTO PyCore_FREE_PROTO
#endif
#ifdef NEED_TO_DECLARE_OBJECT_MALLOC_AND_FRIEND
extern void *PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_FUNC PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_PROTO;
extern void *PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_FUNC PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_PROTO;
extern void PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_FUNC PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_PROTO;
#endif
#ifndef PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC
#undef PyCore_OBJECT_FREE
#define PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC(n) PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC_FUNC(n)
#define PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC(p, n) PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC_FUNC((p), (n))
#define PyCore_OBJECT_FREE(p) PyCore_OBJECT_FREE_FUNC(p)
#endif
/*
* Raw object memory interface
* ===========================
*/
/* The use of this API should be avoided, unless a builtin object
constructor inlines PyObject_{New, NewVar}, either because the
latter functions cannot allocate the exact amount of needed memory,
either for speed. This situation is exceptional, but occurs for
some object constructors (PyBuffer_New, PyList_New...). Inlining
PyObject_{New, NewVar} for objects that are supposed to belong to
the Python heap is discouraged. If you really have to, make sure
the object is initialized with PyObject_{Init, InitVar}. Do *not*
inline PyObject_{Init, InitVar} for user-extension types or you
might seriously interfere with Python's memory management. */
/* Functions */
/* Wrappers around PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC and friends; useful if you
need to be sure that you are using the same object memory allocator
as Python. These wrappers *do not* make sure that allocating 0
bytes returns a non-NULL pointer. Returned pointers must be checked
for NULL explicitly; no action is performed on failure. */
extern DL_IMPORT(void *) PyObject_Malloc(size_t);
extern DL_IMPORT(void *) PyObject_Realloc(void *, size_t);
extern DL_IMPORT(void) PyObject_Free(void *);
/* Macros */
#define PyObject_MALLOC(n) PyCore_OBJECT_MALLOC(n)
#define PyObject_REALLOC(op, n) PyCore_OBJECT_REALLOC((void *)(op), (n))
#define PyObject_FREE(op) PyCore_OBJECT_FREE((void *)(op))
/*
* Generic object allocator interface
* ==================================
*/
/* Functions */
extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) PyObject_Init(PyObject *, PyTypeObject *);
extern DL_IMPORT(PyVarObject *) PyObject_InitVar(PyVarObject *,
PyTypeObject *, int);
extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) _PyObject_New(PyTypeObject *);
extern DL_IMPORT(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_NewVar(PyTypeObject *, int);
extern DL_IMPORT(void) _PyObject_Del(PyObject *);
#define PyObject_New(type, typeobj) \
( (type *) _PyObject_New(typeobj) )
#define PyObject_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) \
( (type *) _PyObject_NewVar((typeobj), (n)) )
#define PyObject_Del(op) _PyObject_Del((PyObject *)(op))
/* Macros trading binary compatibility for speed. See also pymem.h.
Note that these macros expect non-NULL object pointers.*/
#define PyObject_INIT(op, typeobj) \
( (op)->ob_type = (typeobj), _Py_NewReference((PyObject *)(op)), (op) )
#define PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, typeobj, size) \
( (op)->ob_size = (size), PyObject_INIT((op), (typeobj)) )
#define _PyObject_SIZE(typeobj) ( (typeobj)->tp_basicsize )
/* _PyObject_VAR_SIZE returns the number of bytes (as size_t) allocated for a
vrbl-size object with nitems items, exclusive of gc overhead (if any). The
value is rounded up to the closest multiple of sizeof(void *), in order to
ensure that pointer fields at the end of the object are correctly aligned
for the platform (this is of special importance for subclasses of, e.g.,
str or long, so that pointers can be stored after the embedded data).
Note that there's no memory wastage in doing this, as malloc has to
return (at worst) pointer-aligned memory anyway.
*/
#if ((SIZEOF_VOID_P - 1) & SIZEOF_VOID_P) != 0
# error "_PyObject_VAR_SIZE requires SIZEOF_VOID_P be a power of 2"
#endif
#define _PyObject_VAR_SIZE(typeobj, nitems) \
(size_t) \
( ( (typeobj)->tp_basicsize + \
(nitems)*(typeobj)->tp_itemsize + \
(SIZEOF_VOID_P - 1) \
) & ~(SIZEOF_VOID_P - 1) \
)
#define PyObject_NEW(type, typeobj) \
( (type *) PyObject_Init( \
(PyObject *) PyObject_MALLOC( _PyObject_SIZE(typeobj) ), (typeobj)) )
#define PyObject_NEW_VAR(type, typeobj, n) \
( (type *) PyObject_InitVar( \
(PyVarObject *) PyObject_MALLOC(_PyObject_VAR_SIZE((typeobj),(n)) ),\
(typeobj), (n)) )
#define PyObject_DEL(op) PyObject_FREE(op)
/* This example code implements an object constructor with a custom
allocator, where PyObject_New is inlined, and shows the important
distinction between two steps (at least):
1) the actual allocation of the object storage;
2) the initialization of the Python specific fields
in this storage with PyObject_{Init, InitVar}.
PyObject *
YourObject_New(...)
{
PyObject *op;
op = (PyObject *) Your_Allocator(_PyObject_SIZE(YourTypeStruct));
if (op == NULL)
return PyErr_NoMemory();
op = PyObject_Init(op, &YourTypeStruct);
if (op == NULL)
return NULL;
op->ob_field = value;
...
return op;
}
Note that in C++, the use of the new operator usually implies that
the 1st step is performed automatically for you, so in a C++ class
constructor you would start directly with PyObject_Init/InitVar. */
/*
* Garbage Collection Support
* ==========================
*
* Some of the functions and macros below are always defined; when
* WITH_CYCLE_GC is undefined, they simply don't do anything different
* than their non-GC counterparts.
*/
/* Test if a type has a GC head */
#define PyType_IS_GC(t) PyType_HasFeature((t), Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC)
/* Test if an object has a GC head */
#define PyObject_IS_GC(o) (PyType_IS_GC((o)->ob_type) && \
((o)->ob_type->tp_is_gc == NULL || (o)->ob_type->tp_is_gc(o)))
extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) _PyObject_GC_Malloc(PyTypeObject *, int);
extern DL_IMPORT(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_GC_Resize(PyVarObject *, int);
#define PyObject_GC_Resize(type, op, n) \
( (type *) _PyObject_GC_Resize((PyVarObject *)(op), (n)) )
extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) _PyObject_GC_New(PyTypeObject *);
extern DL_IMPORT(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_GC_NewVar(PyTypeObject *, int);
extern DL_IMPORT(void) _PyObject_GC_Del(PyObject *);
extern DL_IMPORT(void) _PyObject_GC_Track(PyObject *);
extern DL_IMPORT(void) _PyObject_GC_UnTrack(PyObject *);
#ifdef WITH_CYCLE_GC
/* GC information is stored BEFORE the object structure */
typedef union _gc_head {
struct {
union _gc_head *gc_next; /* not NULL if object is tracked */
union _gc_head *gc_prev;
int gc_refs;
} gc;
double dummy; /* force worst-case alignment */
} PyGC_Head;
extern PyGC_Head _PyGC_generation0;
/* Tell the GC to track this object. NB: While the object is tracked the
* collector it must be safe to call the ob_traverse method. */
#define _PyObject_GC_TRACK(o) do { \
PyGC_Head *g = (PyGC_Head *)(o)-1; \
if (g->gc.gc_next != NULL) \
Py_FatalError("GC object already in linked list"); \
g->gc.gc_next = &_PyGC_generation0; \
g->gc.gc_prev = _PyGC_generation0.gc.gc_prev; \
g->gc.gc_prev->gc.gc_next = g; \
_PyGC_generation0.gc.gc_prev = g; \
} while (0);
/* Tell the GC to stop tracking this object. */
#define _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(o) do { \
PyGC_Head *g = (PyGC_Head *)(o)-1; \
g->gc.gc_prev->gc.gc_next = g->gc.gc_next; \
g->gc.gc_next->gc.gc_prev = g->gc.gc_prev; \
g->gc.gc_next = NULL; \
} while (0);
#define PyObject_GC_Track(op) _PyObject_GC_Track((PyObject *)op)
#define PyObject_GC_UnTrack(op) _PyObject_GC_UnTrack((PyObject *)op)
#define PyObject_GC_New(type, typeobj) \
( (type *) _PyObject_GC_New(typeobj) )
#define PyObject_GC_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) \
( (type *) _PyObject_GC_NewVar((typeobj), (n)) )
#define PyObject_GC_Del(op) _PyObject_GC_Del((PyObject *)(op))
#else /* !WITH_CYCLE_GC */
#define PyObject_GC_New PyObject_New
#define PyObject_GC_NewVar PyObject_NewVar
#define PyObject_GC_Del PyObject_Del
#define _PyObject_GC_TRACK(op)
#define _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(op)
#define PyObject_GC_Track(op)
#define PyObject_GC_UnTrack(op)
#endif
/* This is here for the sake of backwards compatibility. Extensions that
* use the old GC API will still compile but the objects will not be
* tracked by the GC. */
#define PyGC_HEAD_SIZE 0
#define PyObject_GC_Init(op)
#define PyObject_GC_Fini(op)
#define PyObject_AS_GC(op) (op)
#define PyObject_FROM_GC(op) (op)
/* Test if a type supports weak references */
#define PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(t) \
(PyType_HasFeature((t), Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS) \
&& ((t)->tp_weaklistoffset > 0))
#define PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR(o) \
((PyObject **) (((char *) (o)) + (o)->ob_type->tp_weaklistoffset))
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* !Py_OBJIMPL_H */