#ifndef SECP256K1_PREALLOCATED_H #define SECP256K1_PREALLOCATED_H #include "secp256k1.h" #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* The module provided by this header file is intended for settings in which it * is not possible or desirable to rely on dynamic memory allocation. It provides * functions for creating, cloning, and destroying secp256k1 context objects in a * contiguous fixed-size block of memory provided by the caller. * * Context objects created by functions in this module can be used like contexts * objects created by functions in secp256k1.h, i.e., they can be passed to any * API function that expects a context object (see secp256k1.h for details). The * only exception is that context objects created by functions in this module * must be destroyed using rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_destroy (in this * module) instead of rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_destroy (in secp256k1.h). * * It is guaranteed that functions in this module will not call malloc or its * friends realloc, calloc, and free. */ /** Determine the memory size of a secp256k1 context object to be created in * caller-provided memory. * * The purpose of this function is to determine how much memory must be provided * to rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create. * * Returns: the required size of the caller-provided memory block * In: flags: which parts of the context to initialize. */ SECP256K1_API size_t rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_size( unsigned int flags ) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** Create a secp256k1 context object in caller-provided memory. * * The caller must provide a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory * of size at least rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_size(flags) bytes, suitably * aligned to hold an object of any type. * * The block of memory is exclusively owned by the created context object during * the lifetime of this context object, which begins with the call to this * function and ends when a call to rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_destroy * (which destroys the context object again) returns. During the lifetime of the * context object, the caller is obligated not to access this block of memory, * i.e., the caller may not read or write the memory, e.g., by copying the memory * contents to a different location or trying to create a second context object * in the memory. In simpler words, the prealloc pointer (or any pointer derived * from it) should not be used during the lifetime of the context object. * * Returns: a newly created context object. * In: prealloc: a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory of * size at least rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_size(flags) * bytes, as detailed above. * flags: which parts of the context to initialize. * * See rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_create (in secp256k1.h) for further details. * * See also rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_randomize (in secp256k1.h) * and rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_destroy. */ SECP256K1_API rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context *rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create( void *prealloc, unsigned int flags ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** Determine the memory size of a secp256k1 context object to be copied into * caller-provided memory. * * Returns: the required size of the caller-provided memory block. * In: ctx: an existing context to copy. */ SECP256K1_API size_t rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_clone_size( const rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context *ctx ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** Copy a secp256k1 context object into caller-provided memory. * * The caller must provide a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory * of size at least rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_size(flags) bytes, suitably * aligned to hold an object of any type. * * The block of memory is exclusively owned by the created context object during * the lifetime of this context object, see the description of * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create for details. * * Cloning rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_static is not possible, and should not be emulated by * the caller (e.g., using memcpy). Create a new context instead. * * Returns: a newly created context object. * Args: ctx: an existing context to copy (not rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_static). * In: prealloc: a pointer to a rewritable contiguous block of memory of * size at least rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_size(flags) * bytes, as detailed above. */ SECP256K1_API rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context *rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_clone( const rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context *ctx, void *prealloc ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** Destroy a secp256k1 context object that has been created in * caller-provided memory. * * The context pointer may not be used afterwards. * * The context to destroy must have been created using * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create or rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_clone. * If the context has instead been created using rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_create or * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_clone, the behaviour is undefined. In that case, * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_destroy must be used instead. * * If required, it is the responsibility of the caller to deallocate the block * of memory properly after this function returns, e.g., by calling free on the * preallocated pointer given to rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create or * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_clone. * * Args: ctx: an existing context to destroy, constructed using * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_create or * rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_clone * (i.e., not rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_static). */ SECP256K1_API void rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context_preallocated_destroy( rustsecp256k1_v0_9_1_context *ctx ) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* SECP256K1_PREALLOCATED_H */