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diff --git a/Source/charon/utils/allocator.h b/Source/charon/utils/allocator.h
index e262372a4..b01112162 100644
--- a/Source/charon/utils/allocator.h
+++ b/Source/charon/utils/allocator.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
/**
* @file allocator.h
*
- * @brief Memory allocation with LEAK_DETECTION support
- *
- * Thread-save implementation
+ * @brief Interface of allocator_t.
*/
/*
@@ -32,22 +30,26 @@
/**
- * Macro to allocate a special type
+ * Macro to allocate a special type.
*
- * @param thing object on which a sizeof is performed
+ * @param thing object on which a sizeof is performed
* @return
- * - Pointer to allocated memory if successful
- * - NULL otherwise
+ * - Pointer to allocated memory
+ * - NULL if out of ressources.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_alloc_thing_as_chunk(thing) (allocator_alloc_as_chunk(sizeof(thing)))
/**
- * Macro to allocate a special type as chunk_t
+ * Macro to allocate a special type as chunk_t.
*
- * @param thing object on which a sizeof is performed
+ * @param thing object on which a sizeof is performed
* @return
- * - chunk_t pointing to allocated memory if successful
- * - chunk_t containing empty pointer
+ * - chunk_t pointing to allocated memory if successful
+ * - chunk_t containing empty pointer if out of ressources
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_alloc_thing(thing) (allocator_alloc(sizeof(thing)))
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
/**
*@brief Allocater object use to detect memory leaks.
*
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
struct allocator_t {
@@ -73,8 +76,8 @@
* @param file filename from which the memory is allocated
* @param line line number in specific file
* @return
- * - pointer to allocated memory area if successful
- * - NULL otherwise
+ * - pointer to allocated memory area
+ * - NULL if out of ressources
*/
void * (*allocate) (allocator_t *this,size_t bytes, char * file,int line);
@@ -82,58 +85,60 @@
* Allocates memory with LEAK_DETECTION and
* returns an chunk pointing to an empy data area filled with zeros.
*
- * @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned macros
- * #allocator_alloc_as_chunk and #allocator_alloc_thing_as_chunk.
+ * @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned
+ * macros #allocator_alloc_as_chunk and
+ * #allocator_alloc_thing_as_chunk.
*
* @param this allocator_t object
* @param bytes number of bytes to allocate
* @param file filename from which the memory is allocated
* @param line line number in specific file
* @return
- * - pointer to allocated memory area if successful
- * - NULL otherwise
+ * - pointer to allocated memory area
+ * - NULL if out of ressources
*/
chunk_t (*allocate_as_chunk) (allocator_t *this,size_t bytes, char * file,int line);
/**
* Reallocates memory with LEAK_DETECTION and
- * returns an empty data area filled with zeros
+ * returns an empty data area filled with zeros.
*
* @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned macro
- * #allocator_realloc
+ * #allocator_realloc.
*
* @param this allocator_t object
* @param old pointer to the old data area
* @param bytes number of bytes to allocate
* @param file filename from which the memory is allocated
* @param line line number in specific file
- * @return - pointer to reallocated memory area if successful
- * - NULL otherwise
+ * @return
+ * - pointer to reallocated memory area
+ * - NULL if out of ressources
*/
void * (*reallocate) (allocator_t *this,void * old, size_t bytes, char * file, int line);
/**
- * Clones memory with LEAK_DETECTION and
- * returns a cloned data area.
+ * Clones memory with LEAK_DETECTION and returns a cloned data area.
*
* @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned macro
- * #allocator_clone_bytes
+ * #allocator_clone_bytes.
*
* @param this allocator_t object
* @param old pointer to the old data area
* @param bytes number of bytes to allocate
* @param file filename from which the memory is allocated
* @param line line number in specific file
- * @return - pointer to reallocated memory area if successful
- * - NULL otherwise
+ * @return
+ * - pointer to reallocated memory area if successful
+ * - NULL if out of ressources
*/
void * (*clone_bytes) (allocator_t *this,void * to_clone, size_t bytes, char * file, int line);
/**
- * Frees memory with LEAK_DETECTION
+ * Frees memory with LEAK_DETECTION.
*
* @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned macro
- * #allocator_free
+ * #allocator_free.
*
* @param this allocator_t object
* @param pointer pointer to the data area to free
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@
void (*free_pointer) (allocator_t *this,void * pointer);
/**
- * Report memory leaks to stderr
+ * Report memory leaks to stderr.
*
* @warning Use this function not directly, only with assigned macro
* #report_memory_leaks
@@ -161,61 +166,119 @@
/**
- * Macro to allocate some memory
+ * Macro to allocate some memory.
+ *
+ * See #allocator_t.allocate for description.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.allocate for description
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_alloc(bytes) (global_allocator->allocate(global_allocator,bytes,__FILE__,__LINE__))
/**
- * Macro to allocate some memory for a chunk_t
+ * Macro to allocate some memory for a chunk_t.
+ *
+ * See #allocator_t.allocate_as_chunk for description.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.allocate_as_chunk for description
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_alloc_as_chunk(bytes) (global_allocator->allocate_as_chunk(global_allocator,bytes,__FILE__,__LINE__))
/**
- * Macro to reallocate some memory
+ * Macro to reallocate some memory.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.reallocate for description
+ * See #allocator_s.reallocate for description.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_realloc(old,bytes) (global_allocator->reallocate(global_allocator,old,bytes,__FILE__, __LINE__))
/**
- * Macro to clone some memory
+ * Macro to clone some memory.
+ *
+ * See #allocator_s.*clone_bytes for description.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.*clone_bytes for description
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_clone_bytes(old,bytes) (global_allocator->clone_bytes(global_allocator,old,bytes,__FILE__, __LINE__))
/**
- * Macro to free some memory
+ * Macro to free some memory.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.free for description
+ * See #allocator_s.free for description.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define allocator_free(pointer) (global_allocator->free_pointer(global_allocator,pointer))
/**
- * Macro to free a chunk
+ * Macro to free a chunk.
*/
#define allocator_free_chunk(chunk){ \
- global_allocator->free_pointer(global_allocator,chunk.ptr); \
- chunk.ptr = NULL; \
- chunk.len = 0; \
+ global_allocator->free_pointer(global_allocator,(chunk)->ptr); \
+ (chunk)->ptr = NULL; \
+ (chunk)->len = 0; \
}
/**
- * Macro to report memory leaks
+ * Macro to report memory leaks.
+ *
+ * See #allocator_s.report_memory_leaks for description.
*
- * @see #allocator_s.report_memory_leaks for description
+ * @ingroup utils
*/
#define report_memory_leaks(void) (global_allocator->report_memory_leaks(global_allocator))
#else
-
+ /**
+ * Macro to allocate some memory.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
#define allocator_alloc(bytes) (malloc(bytes))
+
+ /**
+ * Allocate some memory as chunk.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
chunk_t allocator_alloc_as_chunk(size_t bytes);
+
+ /**
+ * Reallocate some memory.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
void * allocator_realloc(void * old, size_t newsize);
+
+ /**
+ * Free allocated memory.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
#define allocator_free(pointer) (free(pointer))
+
+ /**
+ * Clone bytes.
+ *
+ *
+ * @param pointer pointer to read data from
+ * @param size number of bytes to clone
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
void * allocator_clone_bytes(void * pointer, size_t size);
- void allocator_free_chunk(chunk_t chunk);
+
+ /**
+ * Frees memory used by chunk.
+ *
+ * @param chunk pointer of chunk to free
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
+ void allocator_free_chunk(chunk_t *chunk);
+
+ /**
+ * Report memory leaks.
+ *
+ * @ingroup utils
+ */
#define report_memory_leaks(void) {}
#endif