// // free.cpp // // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. // // Implementation of free(). // #include #include // Frees a block in the heap. The 'block' pointer must either be a null pointer // or must point to a valid block in the heap. // // This function supports patching and therefore must be marked noinline. // Both _free_dbg and _free_base must also be marked noinline // to prevent identical COMDAT folding from substituting calls to free // with either other function or vice versa. extern "C" _CRT_HYBRIDPATCHABLE __declspec(noinline) void __cdecl free(void* const block) { // Arm64 and Arm64EC functions have a minimum size of 12, which is enough to detour. // CHPE is not publicly available for 3rd party use, and CHPE binaries have FFS for // applications to patch. Hence, we don't need the dummy volatile variable write // and read for the said architectures, which generate heavy stlr/ldar instuctions // that do nothing but slow things down. #if !defined(_M_ARM64) && !defined(_M_ARM64EC) && !defined(_M_HYBRID_X86_ARM64) && !defined(_MT) // Some libraries that hook memory allocation routines (such as libtcmalloc) // look for an appropriate place inside free to place a patch to its version // of free. Without these extra instructions padding the call to _free_base, // some libraries may choose to insert this patch in _free_base instead. volatile int extra_instructions_for_patching_libraries = 0; (void) extra_instructions_for_patching_libraries; #endif #ifdef _DEBUG _free_dbg(block, _NORMAL_BLOCK); #else _free_base(block); #endif }