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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules
From: |
Blue Swirl |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:50:17 +0000 |
Add memory management rules, somewhat like libvirt HACKING.
Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <address@hidden>
---
CODING_STYLE | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CODING_STYLE b/CODING_STYLE
index 3f10d72..085c86f 100644
--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE
@@ -148,3 +148,11 @@ up-front that this is a read-only pointer. Perhaps more
importantly, if we're diligent about this, when you see a non-const
pointer, you're guaranteed that it is used to modify the storage
it points to, or it is aliased to another pointer that is.
+
+
+7. Low level memory management
+
+Use of the malloc/free/realloc/calloc APIs is not allowed in the QEMU
+codebase. Instead of these routines, use the replacement
+qemu_malloc/qemu_mallocz/qemu_realloc/qemu_free or
+qemu_vmalloc/qemu_memalign/qemu_vfree APIs.
--
1.6.2.4
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules,
Blue Swirl <=
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Blue Swirl, 2010/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, malc, 2010/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Blue Swirl, 2010/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, malc, 2010/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Blue Swirl, 2010/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Andreas Färber, 2010/08/14
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Paolo Bonzini, 2010/08/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] CODING_STYLE: add memory management rules, Avi Kivity, 2010/08/15