r1984: this change is what you should read to understand the new talloc()

It simplifies our structure handling a lot, making the code shorter
and easier to understand. Look at the diff carefully and see if you
can understand it. If you're still confused then please ask.
(This used to be commit 03c341aca7f09cb1f0d33ec65e074e6a00caa30f)

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/source4/libcli/raw/clitransport.c b/source4/libcli/raw/clitransport.c
index 82939467ae..5766fde03a 100644
--- a/source4/libcli/raw/clitransport.c
+++ b/source4/libcli/raw/clitransport.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static void smbcli_transport_finish_recv(struct smbcli_transport *transport)
 		if (!req) goto error;
 
 		req->in.buffer = buffer;
-		talloc_steal(req->mem_ctx, buffer);
+		talloc_steal(req, buffer);
 		req->in.size = len;
 		req->in.allocated = req->in.size;
 		goto async;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void smbcli_transport_finish_recv(struct smbcli_transport *transport)
 
 	/* fill in the 'in' portion of the matching request */
 	req->in.buffer = buffer;
-	talloc_steal(req->mem_ctx, buffer);
+	talloc_steal(req, buffer);
 	req->in.size = len;
 	req->in.allocated = req->in.size;
 
diff --git a/source4/libcli/raw/rawrequest.c b/source4/libcli/raw/rawrequest.c
index 20a389af4c..87bbe5a31b 100644
--- a/source4/libcli/raw/rawrequest.c
+++ b/source4/libcli/raw/rawrequest.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ NTSTATUS smbcli_request_destroy(struct smbcli_request *req)
 	/* ahh, its so nice to destroy a complex structure in such a
 	   simple way! */
 	status = req->status;
-	talloc_destroy(req->mem_ctx);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -61,18 +61,8 @@ NTSTATUS smbcli_request_destroy(struct smbcli_request *req)
 struct smbcli_request *smbcli_request_setup_nonsmb(struct smbcli_transport *transport, uint_t size)
 {
 	struct smbcli_request *req;
-	TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
-	
-	/* each request gets its own talloc context. The request
-	   structure itself is also allocated inside this context,
-	   so we need to allocate it before we construct the request
-	*/
-	mem_ctx = talloc_init("smbcli_request");
-	if (!mem_ctx) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	req = talloc(mem_ctx, sizeof(struct smbcli_request));
+	req = talloc_named(NULL, sizeof(struct smbcli_request), "smcli_request");
 	if (!req) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -80,7 +70,6 @@ struct smbcli_request *smbcli_request_setup_nonsmb(struct smbcli_transport *tran
 
 	/* setup the request context */
 	req->state = SMBCLI_REQUEST_INIT;
-	req->mem_ctx = mem_ctx;
 	req->transport = transport;
 	req->session = NULL;
 	req->tree = NULL;
@@ -89,7 +78,7 @@ struct smbcli_request *smbcli_request_setup_nonsmb(struct smbcli_transport *tran
 	/* over allocate by a small amount */
 	req->out.allocated = req->out.size + REQ_OVER_ALLOCATION; 
 
-	req->out.buffer = talloc(req->mem_ctx, req->out.allocated);
+	req->out.buffer = talloc(req, req->out.allocated);
 	if (!req->out.buffer) {
 		return NULL;
 	}