GC* assume an existing gc in scope, which means they can't be passed
NOGC. Instead recommend the use of the underlying functions with NOGC,
noting that this is excepitonal.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com>
---
tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE b/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
index a65efb3..545dc77 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/tools/libxl/CODING_STYLE
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ whenever they are applicable. For example:
libxl__log[v] LOG, LOGE, LOGEV
libxl__sprintf GCSPRINTF
libxl__*alloc et al. GCNEW, GCNEW_ARRAY, GCREALLOC_ARRAY
- malloc et al. GCNEW, GCNEW_ARRAY, GCREALLOC_ARRAY with NOGC
isalnum etc. directly CTYPE
libxl__ctx_[un]lock CTX_LOCK, CTX_UNLOCK
gc=...; ao=...; EGC_GC, AO_GC, STATE_AO_GC
explicit gc creation GC_INIT, GC_FREE
memset(..,0,sizeof..) FILLZERO
+Instead of malloc et al one should (as an exception to the above) use
+libxl__{zalloc,alloc,realloc} etc but passing NOGC.
ERROR HANDLING
--------------
--
2.5.3
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