r24809: Consolidate the use of temporary talloc contexts.

This adds the two functions talloc_stackframe() and talloc_tos().

 * When a new talloc stackframe is allocated with talloc_stackframe(), then
 * the TALLOC_CTX returned with talloc_tos() is reset to that new
 * frame. Whenever that stack frame is TALLOC_FREE()'ed, then the reverse
 * happens: The previous talloc_tos() is restored.
 *
 * This API is designed to be robust in the sense that if someone forgets to
 * TALLOC_FREE() a stackframe, then the next outer one correctly cleans up and
 * resets the talloc_tos().

The original motivation for this patch was to get rid of the
sid_string_static & friends buffers. Explicitly passing talloc context
everywhere clutters code too much for my taste, so an implicit
talloc_tos() is introduced here. Many of these static buffers are
replaced by a single static pointer.

The intended use would thus be that low-level functions can rather
freely push stuff to talloc_tos, the upper layers clean up by freeing
the stackframe. The more of these stackframes are used and correctly
freed the more exact the memory cleanup happens.

This patch removes the main_loop_talloc_ctx, tmp_talloc_ctx and
lp_talloc_ctx (did I forget any?)

So, never do a

tmp_ctx = talloc_init("foo");

anymore, instead, use

tmp_ctx = talloc_stackframe()

:-)

Volker
(This used to be commit 6585ea2cb7f417e14540495b9c7380fe9c8c717b)

2 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source3/include/includes.h b/source3/include/includes.h
index a5c6eec33d..5bb7227d0b 100644
--- a/source3/include/includes.h
+++ b/source3/include/includes.h
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ typedef int BOOL;
 #include "dbwrap.h"
 #include "packet.h"
 #include "ctdbd_conn.h"
+#include "talloc_stack.h"
 
 /*
  * Type for wide character dirent structure.
diff --git a/source3/include/talloc_stack.h b/source3/include/talloc_stack.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..331893cbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source3/include/talloc_stack.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Implement a stack of talloc contexts
+   Copyright (C) Volker Lendecke 2007
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+/*
+ * Implement a stack of talloc frames.
+ *
+ * When a new talloc stackframe is allocated with talloc_stackframe(), then
+ * the TALLOC_CTX returned with talloc_tos() is reset to that new
+ * frame. Whenever that stack frame is TALLOC_FREE()'ed, then the reverse
+ * happens: The previous talloc_tos() is restored.
+ *
+ * This API is designed to be robust in the sense that if someone forgets to
+ * TALLOC_FREE() a stackframe, then the next outer one correctly cleans up and
+ * resets the talloc_tos().
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TALLOC_STACK_H
+#define _TALLOC_STACK_H
+
+#include "lib/talloc/talloc.h"
+
+/*
+ * Create a new talloc stack frame.
+ *
+ * When free'd, it frees all stack frames that were created after this one and
+ * not explicitly freed.
+ */
+
+TALLOC_CTX *talloc_stackframe(void);
+
+/*
+ * Get us the current top of the talloc stack.
+ */
+
+TALLOC_CTX *talloc_tos(void);
+
+#endif