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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/misc2.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c index 5c07ada005..143a106c40 100644 --- a/src/misc2.c +++ b/src/misc2.c @@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ char_u *lalloc_clear(long_u size, int message) return p; } -/// When out of memory: try to release some memfile blocks and -/// if some blocks are released call malloc again. +/// Try to free memory. Used when trying to recover from out of memory errors. +/// @see {xmalloc} void try_to_free_memory() { static bool trying_to_free = false; @@ -667,6 +667,14 @@ void try_to_free_memory() trying_to_free = false; } +/// malloc() wrapper +/// +/// xmalloc() succeeds or gracefully aborts when out of memory. +/// Before aborting try to free some memory and call malloc again. +/// +/// @see {try_to_free_memory} +/// @param size +/// @return pointer to allocated space. Never NULL void *xmalloc(size_t size) { void *ret = malloc(size); @@ -688,7 +696,11 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t size) return ret; } -/// Old low level memory allocation function. Prefer xmalloc() from now on. +/// Old low level memory allocation function. +/// +/// @deprecated use xmalloc() directly instead +/// @param size +/// @return pointer to allocated space. Never NULL char_u *lalloc(long_u size, int message) { return (char_u *)xmalloc((size_t)size); |