Free Queue Group
Eina

This provides a mechanism to defer actual freeing of memory data at some time in the future. More...

## Macros

#define | EINA_FREEQ_FREE(ptr)
| Convenience macro for well known structures and types.
#define | EINA_FREEQ_N_FREE(ptr, n)
| Convenience macro for well known structures and types.

## Typedefs

typedef struct _Eina_FreeQ | Eina_FreeQ
| A queue of pointers to free in the future.
typedef enum _Eina_FreeQ_Type | Eina_FreeQ_Type
| Type of free queues.

## Enumerations

enum | _Eina_FreeQ_Type { EINA_FREEQ_DEFAULT , EINA_FREEQ_POSTPONED }
| Type of free queues. More...

## Functions

EINA_API Eina_FreeQ * | eina_freeq_new (Eina_FreeQ_Type type)
| Create a new free queue to defer freeing of data with.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_free (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Free a free queue and anything that is queued in it.
EINA_API Eina_FreeQ_Type | eina_freeq_type_get (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Query the type of a free queue.
EINA_API Eina_FreeQ * | eina_freeq_main_get (void)
| Get the main loop free queue.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_count_max_set (Eina_FreeQ *fq, int count)
| Set the maximum number of free pointers this queue is allowed.
EINA_API int | eina_freeq_count_max_get (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Get the maximum number of free pointers this queue is allowed.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_mem_max_set (Eina_FreeQ *fq, size_t mem)
| Set the maximum amount of memory allowed.
EINA_API size_t | eina_freeq_mem_max_get (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Get the maximum amount of memory allowed.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_clear (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Clear out all queued items to be freed by freeing them.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_reduce (Eina_FreeQ *fq, int count)
| Reduce the number of items in the free queue by up to `count`.
EINA_API Eina_Bool | eina_freeq_ptr_pending (Eina_FreeQ *fq)
| Return if there are any items pending a free in the free queue.
EINA_API void | eina_freeq_ptr_add (Eina_FreeQ *fq, void *ptr, void(*free_func)(void *ptr), size_t size)
| Add a pointer with free function and size to the free queue.
static void | eina_freeq_ptr_main_add (void *ptr, void(*free_func)(void *ptr), size_t size)
| Add a pointer to the main free queue.

## Detailed Description

This provides a mechanism to defer actual freeing of memory data at some time in the future.

The main free queue will be driven by the EFL main loop and ensure data is eventually freed.

For debugging and tuning you may set the following environment variables, applicable only to free queues of the default type:

EINA_FREEQ_BYPASS=1/0

Set this environment variable to 1 to immediately bypass the free queue and have all items submitted free with their free function immediately. Set it to 0 to force the free queue to work and delay freeing of items. Note that you can override this by setting count or mem max by eina_freeq_count_max_set() or eina_freeq_mem_max_set() which will disable bypass for that specific free queue. Once bypass is disabled it cannot be re-enabled.

EINA_FREEQ_FILL_MAX=N

This sets the maximum number of bytes to N an item in the free queue may be in size for the free queue to fill it with debugging values like 0x55 in every byte, to ensure you can see what memory has been freed or not when debugging in tools like gdb. Note that this value is actually one greater than the actual maximum, so if this is set to 100 a memory blob of 100 bytes will not be filled but one of 99 bytes in size will be.

EINA_FREEQ_TOTAL_MAX=N

This sets the maximum number of items allowed to N on a free queue by default before it starts emptying the free queue out to make room.

EINA_FREEQ_MEM_MAX=N

This sets the maximum total number of Kb (Kilobytes) of memory allowed on a free queue by default to N Kb worth of data.

EINA_FREEQ_FILL=N

This sets the byte value to write to every byte of an allocation that is added to the free queue when it is added to mark the data as invalid. The default value is 0x55 (85). Memory is only filled if the size of the allocation is less than the max that you can adjust with EINA_FREEQ_FILL_MAX.

EINA_FREEQ_FILL_FREED=N

Memory just before it is actually passed to the free function to be freed will be filled with this pattern value in every byte. The default value is 0x77 (119). Memory is only filled if the size of the allocation is less than the max that you can adjust with EINA_FREEQ_FILL_MAX.

Since
  1.19

## Macro Definition Documentation

## EINA_FREEQ_FREE

#define EINA_FREEQ_FREE | ( |  | ptr | ) |

Value:
eina_freeq_ptr_main_add(ptr, NULL, sizeof(*(ptr)))
eina_freeq_ptr_main_add
static void eina_freeq_ptr_main_add(void *ptr, void(*free_func)(void *ptr), size_t size)
Add a pointer to the main free queue.
Definition eina_freeq.h:325

Convenience macro for well known structures and types.

Parameters

  [in] | ptr | The pointer to free

This is the same as eina_freeq_ptr_main_add() but the free function is assumed to be the libc free() function, and size is provided by sizeof(*ptr), so it will not work on void pointers or will be inaccurate for pointers to arrays. For arrays please use EINA_FREEQ_ARRAY_FREE()

Since
  1.19

## EINA_FREEQ_N_FREE

#define EINA_FREEQ_N_FREE | ( |  | ptr,
|  |  | n )

Value:
eina_freeq_ptr_main_add(ptr, NULL, sizeof(*(ptr)) * n)

Convenience macro for well known structures and types.

Parameters

  [in] | ptr | The pointer to free

This is the same as eina_freeq_ptr_main_add() but the free function is assumed to be the libc free() function, and size is provided by sizeof(*ptr), so it will not work on void pointers. Total size is multiplied by the count `n` so it should work well for arrays of types.

Since
  1.19

## Typedef Documentation

## Eina_FreeQ

typedef struct _Eina_FreeQ Eina_FreeQ

A queue of pointers to free in the future.

You may create custom free queues of your own to defer freeing, use the main free queue where the mainloop will free things as it iterates, or eina will free everything on shut down.

## Eina_FreeQ_Type

typedef enum _Eina_FreeQ_Type Eina_FreeQ_Type

Type of free queues.

Since
  1.19

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## _Eina_FreeQ_Type

enum _Eina_FreeQ_Type

Type of free queues.

Since
  1.19

Enumerator

EINA_FREEQ_DEFAULT

Default type of free queue.

Default free queue, any object added to it should be considered freed immediately. Use this kind of freeq for debugging and additional memory safety purposes only.

As this type of free queue is thread-safe, the free functions used must also be thread-safe (e.g.. libc free()).

Since
  1.19

EINA_FREEQ_POSTPONED

Postponed type of free queue.

Postponed free queues behave differently in that objects added to it are not to be considered freed immediately, but rather they are short-lived. Use this to return temporary objects that may be used only in the local scope. The queued objects lifetime ends as soon as the execution comes back to the loop. Objects added to this kind of free queue should be accessed exclusively from the same thread that adds them.

If a thread does not have a loop attached, the application may leak all those objects. At the moment of writing this means only the main loop should use such a free queue.

By default those queues have no memory limit, and will be entirely flushed when the execution comes back to the loop.

This type of free queue is not thread-safe and should be considered local to a single thread.

Since
  1.19

## Function Documentation

## eina_freeq_new()

EINA_API Eina_FreeQ * eina_freeq_new | ( | Eina_FreeQ_Type | type | ) |

Create a new free queue to defer freeing of data with.

Returns
  A new free queue

Since
  1.19

References EINA_FREEQ_DEFAULT, and EINA_FREEQ_POSTPONED.

Referenced by eina_init(), and elm_quicklaunch_init().

## eina_freeq_free()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_free | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Free a free queue and anything that is queued in it.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to free and clear.

Since
  1.19

References eina_freeq_clear().

Referenced by eina_shutdown(), and elm_quicklaunch_shutdown().

## eina_freeq_type_get()

EINA_API Eina_FreeQ_Type eina_freeq_type_get | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Query the type of a free queue.

Parameters

  [in] | fq | The free queue to inspect.

Since
  1.19

References EINA_FREEQ_DEFAULT, and EINA_FREEQ_POSTPONED.

## eina_freeq_main_get()

EINA_API Eina_FreeQ * eina_freeq_main_get | ( | void |  | ) |

Get the main loop free queue.

Returns
  The main loop free queue.

Since
  1.19

Referenced by eina_freeq_ptr_main_add(), and eina_shutdown().

## eina_freeq_count_max_set()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_count_max_set | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq,
|  | int | count )

Set the maximum number of free pointers this queue is allowed.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to alter
  [in] | count | The maximum number of items allowed, negative values mean no limit

This will alter the maximum number of pointers allowed in the given free queue. If more items are added to the free queue than are allowed, excess items will be freed to make room for the new items. If count is changed, then excess items may be cleaned out at the time this API is called.

Note
  Setting a maximum count on a postponed free queue leads to undefined behavior.

Since
  1.19

## eina_freeq_count_max_get()

EINA_API int eina_freeq_count_max_get | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Get the maximum number of free pointers this queue is allowed.

Parameters

  [in] | fq | The free queue to query

Returns
  The maximum number of free items allowed or -1 for infinity

Since
  1.19

## eina_freeq_mem_max_set()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_mem_max_set | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq,
|  | size_t | mem )

Set the maximum amount of memory allowed.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to alter
  [in] | mem | The maximum memory in bytes

This will alter the maximum amount of memory allowed for pointers stored in the free queue. The size used is the size give, so items given that are 0 sized will not contribute to this limit. If items with a total memory footprint are added to the free queue, items will be cleaned out until the total is below this limit. Changing the limit may involve cleaning out excess items from the free queue until the total amount of memory used by items in the queue is below or at the limit.

Note
  Setting a memory limit on a postponed free queue leads to undefined behavior.

Since
  1.19

## eina_freeq_mem_max_get()

EINA_API size_t eina_freeq_mem_max_get | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Get the maximum amount of memory allowed.

Parameters

  [in] | fq | The free queue to query

Returns
  The maximum amount of memory in bytes

Since
  1.19

## eina_freeq_clear()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_clear | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Clear out all queued items to be freed by freeing them.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to clear

This will free and thus remove all queued items from the free queue when this function is called. When it returns the free queue should be empty.

Since
  1.19

Referenced by eina_freeq_free().

## eina_freeq_reduce()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_reduce | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq,
|  | int | count )

Reduce the number of items in the free queue by up to `count`.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to reduce in item count
  [in] | count | The number of items to try and free

This will attempt to free up to `count` items from the given free queue and thus reduce the amount of memory it is holding on to. This function will return once it has removed `count` items or there are no more items to remove from the queue.

Since
  1.19

## eina_freeq_ptr_pending()

EINA_API Eina_Bool eina_freeq_ptr_pending | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq | ) |

Return if there are any items pending a free in the free queue.

Parameters

  [in] | fq | The free queue to query

Returns
  EINA_TRUE if there are items to free, EINA_FALSE otherwise

Since
  1.19

References EINA_FALSE, and EINA_TRUE.

## eina_freeq_ptr_add()

EINA_API void eina_freeq_ptr_add | ( | Eina_FreeQ * | fq,
|  | void * | ptr,
|  | void(* | free_func )(void *ptr),
|  | size_t | size )

Add a pointer with free function and size to the free queue.

Parameters

  [in,out] | fq | The free queue to add the pointer to
  [in] | ptr | The pointer to free
  [in] | free_func | The function used to free the pointer with
  [in] | size | The size of the data the pointer points to

This adds the given `ptr` pointer to the queue to be freed later on. The function `free_func` will be used, or if this is NULL, it is assumed the libc free() function will be used then instead. The `size` parameter determines the size of the data pointed to, but if this is 0 then no assumptions are made about size and the pointer is considered opaque. A zero sized pointer will not contribute to the total memory usage of items in the queue as well. If `size` is supplied it must be correct as the memory may be written to for debugging purposes or otherwise inspected or checksummed. Once a pointer is added to the free queue with this API the memory should be considered freed as if the real `free_func` was called immediately (and it may actually be called immediately if certain environment variables are set). A free queue exists to move the cost of freeing to another point in time when it is more convenient to do so as well as provide some robustness for badly written code that may access memory after freeing. Note that when using tools like valgrind, eina detects this and will also immediately free the data so valgrind's own memory checkers can detect use after free as normal.

Note: The free function must not access the CONTENT of the memory to be freed, or at least consider it invalid and full of garbage. It is already invalid at the moment it is added to the free queue. Just the actual free function may be delayed. The free function may also not access other memory already freed before being added to the free queue. They may do tricks like use memory headers that are outside the memory region to be freed (pass in pointer char *x, then char *header_address = x - 16 to get header information) as this header is not considered part of the free data. This note does not apply if you use a size of 0 for the pointer, but then you lose canary debugging ability when using 0 sized pointers on the free queue.

Since
  1.19

References EINA_LOG_ERR.

Referenced by eina_freeq_ptr_main_add().

## eina_freeq_ptr_main_add()

void eina_freeq_ptr_main_add | ( | void * | ptr,
|  | void(* | free_func )(void *ptr),
|  | size_t | size )

inline static

Add a pointer to the main free queue.

Parameters

  [in] | ptr | The pointer to free
  [in] | free_func | The function used to free the pointer with
  [in] | size | The size of the data the pointer points to

This is the same as eina_freeq_ptr_add() but the main free queue is fetched by eina_freeq_main_get().

Since
  1.19

References eina_freeq_main_get(), and eina_freeq_ptr_add().