--- embedaddon/libiconv/lib/relocatable.h 2012/05/29 09:29:43 1.1.1.2 +++ embedaddon/libiconv/lib/relocatable.h 2021/03/17 13:38:46 1.1.1.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Provide relocatable packages. - Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2003, 2005, 2008-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Bruno Haible , 2003. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it @@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public - License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, - USA. */ + You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License + along with this program; if not, see . */ #ifndef _RELOCATABLE_H #define _RELOCATABLE_H @@ -54,10 +52,29 @@ extern RELOCATABLE_DLL_EXPORTED void string that you can free with free() after casting it to 'char *'. */ extern const char * relocate (const char *pathname); +/* Returns the pathname, relocated according to the current installation + directory. + This function sets *ALLOCATEDP to the allocated memory, or to NULL if + no memory allocation occurs. So that, after you're done with the return + value, to reclaim allocated memory, you can do: free (*ALLOCATEDP). */ +extern const char * relocate2 (const char *pathname, char **allocatedp); + /* Memory management: relocate() potentially allocates memory, because it has to construct a fresh pathname. If this is a problem because your program - calls relocate() frequently, think about caching the result. Or free the - return value if it was different from the argument pathname. */ + calls relocate() frequently or because you want to fix all potential memory + leaks anyway, you have three options: + 1) Use this idiom: + const char *pathname = ...; + const char *rel_pathname = relocate (pathname); + ... + if (rel_pathname != pathname) + free ((char *) rel_pathname); + 2) Use this idiom: + char *allocated; + const char *rel_pathname = relocate2 (..., &allocated); + ... + free (allocated); + 3) Think about caching the result. */ /* Convenience function: Computes the current installation prefix, based on the original @@ -72,6 +89,7 @@ extern char * compute_curr_prefix (const char *orig_in /* By default, we use the hardwired pathnames. */ #define relocate(pathname) (pathname) +#define relocate2(pathname,allocatedp) (*(allocatedp) = NULL, (pathname)) #endif