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restate GlobalAlloc method safety preconditions in terms of what the …
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…caller has to do for greater clarity
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adamse committed Sep 7, 2024
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///
/// # Safety
///
/// This function is unsafe because undefined behavior can result
/// if the caller does not ensure that `layout` has non-zero size.
/// `layout` must have non-zero size. Attempting to allocate for a zero-sized `layout` may
/// result in undefined behavior.
///
/// (Extension subtraits might provide more specific bounds on
/// behavior, e.g., guarantee a sentinel address or a null pointer
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///
/// # Safety
///
/// This function is unsafe because undefined behavior can result
/// if the caller does not ensure all of the following:
/// The caller must ensure:
///
/// * `ptr` must denote a block of memory currently allocated via
/// this allocator,
/// * `ptr` is a block of memory currently allocated via this allocator and,
///
/// * `layout` must be the same layout that was used
/// to allocate that block of memory.
/// * `layout` is the same layout that was used to allocate that block of
/// memory.
///
/// Otherwise undefined behavior can result.
#[stable(feature = "global_alloc", since = "1.28.0")]
unsafe fn dealloc(&self, ptr: *mut u8, layout: Layout);

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///
/// # Safety
///
/// This function is unsafe for the same reasons that `alloc` is.
/// The caller has to ensure that `layout` has non-zero size. Like `alloc`
/// zero sized `layout` can result in undefined behaviour.
/// However the allocated block of memory is guaranteed to be initialized.
///
/// # Errors
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///
/// # Safety
///
/// This function is unsafe because undefined behavior can result
/// if the caller does not ensure all of the following:
/// The caller must ensure that:
///
/// * `ptr` must be currently allocated via this allocator,
/// * `ptr` is allocated via this allocator,
///
/// * `layout` must be the same layout that was used
/// * `layout` is the same layout that was used
/// to allocate that block of memory,
///
/// * `new_size` must be greater than zero.
/// * `new_size` is greater than zero.
///
/// * `new_size`, when rounded up to the nearest multiple of `layout.align()`,
/// must not overflow `isize` (i.e., the rounded value must be less than or
/// does not overflow `isize` (i.e., the rounded value must be less than or
/// equal to `isize::MAX`).
///
/// If these are not followed, undefined behaviour can result.
///
/// (Extension subtraits might provide more specific bounds on
/// behavior, e.g., guarantee a sentinel address or a null pointer
/// in response to a zero-size allocation request.)
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