1 {-# OPTIONS -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
2 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 -- Module : Foreign.Marshal.Alloc
5 -- Copyright : (c) The FFI task force 2001
6 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
8 -- Maintainer : ffi@haskell.org
9 -- Stability : provisional
10 -- Portability : portable
12 -- Marshalling support: basic routines for memory allocation
14 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 module Foreign.Marshal.Alloc (
18 malloc, -- :: Storable a => IO (Ptr a)
19 mallocBytes, -- :: Int -> IO (Ptr a)
21 alloca, -- :: Storable a => (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
22 allocaBytes, -- :: Int -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
24 realloc, -- :: Storable b => Ptr a -> IO (Ptr b)
25 reallocBytes, -- :: Ptr a -> Int -> IO (Ptr a)
27 free -- :: Ptr a -> IO ()
29 , finalizerFree -- :: FunPtr (Ptr a -> IO ())
34 import Foreign.Ptr ( Ptr, nullPtr, FunPtr )
35 import Foreign.C.Types ( CSize, CInt(..) )
36 import Foreign.Storable ( Storable(sizeOf) )
38 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
39 import GHC.Exception ( bracket )
45 #elif defined(__NHC__)
46 import System.IO ( bracket )
48 import Control.Exception ( bracket )
55 -- |Allocate space for storable type. The size of the area allocated
56 -- is determined by the 'sizeOf' method from the instance of
57 -- 'Storable' for the appropriate type.
59 malloc :: Storable a => IO (Ptr a)
60 malloc = doMalloc undefined
62 doMalloc :: Storable a => a -> IO (Ptr a)
63 doMalloc dummy = mallocBytes (sizeOf dummy)
65 -- |Allocate given number of bytes of storage, equivalent to C\'s @malloc()@.
67 mallocBytes :: Int -> IO (Ptr a)
68 mallocBytes size = failWhenNULL "malloc" (_malloc (fromIntegral size))
70 -- |Temporarily allocate space for a storable type.
72 -- * the pointer passed as an argument to the function must /not/ escape from
73 -- this function; in other words, in @alloca f@ the allocated storage must
74 -- not be used after @f@ returns
76 alloca :: Storable a => (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
77 alloca = doAlloca undefined
79 doAlloca :: Storable a => a -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
80 doAlloca dummy = allocaBytes (sizeOf dummy)
82 -- |Temporarily allocate the given number of bytes of storage.
84 -- * the pointer passed as an argument to the function must /not/ escape from
85 -- this function; in other words, in @allocaBytes n f@ the allocated storage
86 -- must not be used after @f@ returns
88 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
89 allocaBytes :: Int -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
90 allocaBytes (I# size) action = IO $ \ s ->
91 case newPinnedByteArray# size s of { (# s, mbarr# #) ->
92 case unsafeFreezeByteArray# mbarr# s of { (# s, barr# #) ->
93 let addr = Ptr (byteArrayContents# barr#) in
94 case action addr of { IO action ->
95 case action s of { (# s, r #) ->
96 case touch# barr# s of { s ->
100 allocaBytes :: Int -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
101 allocaBytes size = bracket (mallocBytes size) free
104 -- |Adjust a malloc\'ed storage area to the given size of the required type
105 -- (corresponds to C\'s @realloc()@).
107 realloc :: Storable b => Ptr a -> IO (Ptr b)
108 realloc = doRealloc undefined
110 doRealloc :: Storable b => b -> Ptr a -> IO (Ptr b)
111 doRealloc dummy ptr = let
112 size = fromIntegral (sizeOf dummy)
114 failWhenNULL "realloc" (_realloc ptr size)
116 -- |Adjust a malloc\'ed storage area to the given size (equivalent to
117 -- C\'s @realloc()@).
119 reallocBytes :: Ptr a -> Int -> IO (Ptr a)
120 reallocBytes ptr size =
121 failWhenNULL "realloc" (_realloc ptr (fromIntegral size))
123 -- |Free malloc\'ed storage (equivalent to
126 free :: Ptr a -> IO ()
130 -- auxilliary routines
131 -- -------------------
133 -- asserts that the pointer returned from the action in the second argument is
136 failWhenNULL :: String -> IO (Ptr a) -> IO (Ptr a)
137 failWhenNULL name f = do
140 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
141 then ioException (IOError Nothing ResourceExhausted name
142 "out of memory" Nothing)
144 then ioError (userError (name++": out of memory"))
148 -- basic C routines needed for memory allocation
150 foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h malloc" _malloc :: CSize -> IO (Ptr a)
151 foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h realloc" _realloc :: Ptr a -> CSize -> IO (Ptr b)
152 foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h free" _free :: Ptr a -> IO ()
154 -- |A pointer to a foreign function equivalent to @free@, which may be used
155 -- as a finalizer for storage allocated with @malloc@ or @mallocBytes@.
156 foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h &free"
157 finalizerFree :: FunPtr (Ptr a -> IO ())