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Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5MM.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/H5MM.c | 25 |
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@@ -566,6 +566,31 @@ H5MM_xfree(void *mem) /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * Function: H5MM_xfree_const + * + * Purpose: H5MM_xfree() wrapper that handles const pointers without + * warnings. Used for freeing buffers that should be regarded + * as const in use but need to be freed when no longer needed. + * + * Return: Success: NULL + * Failure: never fails + * + *------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ +void * +H5MM_xfree_const(const void *mem) +{ + /* Use FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR here to avoid performance issues */ + FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI_NOINIT_NOERR + + /* Cast through uintptr_t to de-const memory */ + H5MM_xfree((void *)(uintptr_t)mem); + + FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(NULL) +} /* end H5MM_xfree_const() */ + + +/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Function: H5MM_memcpy * * Purpose: Like memcpy(3) but with sanity checks on the parameters, |