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authorNick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>2021-03-18 12:37:52 +0000
committerNick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>2021-03-18 12:37:54 +0000
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libctf: fix comment above ctf_dict_t
It is perfectly possible to have dynamically allocated data owned by a specific dict: you just have to teach ctf_serialize about it. libctf/ChangeLog 2021-03-18 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com> * ctf-impl.h (ctf_dict_t): Fix comment.
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diff --git a/libctf/ctf-impl.h b/libctf/ctf-impl.h
index 78a41ff..5567b4c 100644
--- a/libctf/ctf-impl.h
+++ b/libctf/ctf-impl.h
@@ -372,11 +372,12 @@ typedef struct ctf_dedup
ctf_dict_t typedef appears in <ctf-api.h> and declares a forward tag.
(A ctf_file_t typedef also appears there, for historical reasons.)
- NOTE: ctf_serialize() requires that everything inside of ctf_dict either be
- an immediate value, a pointer to dynamically allocated data *outside* of the
- ctf_dict itself, or a pointer to statically allocated data. If you add a
- pointer to ctf_dict that points to something within the ctf_dict itself, you
- must make corresponding changes to ctf_serialize(). */
+ NOTE: ctf_serialize requires that everything inside of ctf_dict either be an
+ immediate value, a pointer to dynamically allocated data *outside* of the
+ ctf_dict itself, a pointer to statically allocated data, or specially handled
+ in ctf_serialize. If you add a pointer to ctf_dict that points to something
+ within the ctf_dict itself, you must make corresponding changes to
+ ctf_serialize. */
struct ctf_dict
{