aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/include/qom
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAndreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>2013-08-30 18:28:37 +0200
committerAndreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>2013-08-30 21:15:44 +0200
commit5b9237f67c499fa4e20bb9bd29c7ce54afe79cb7 (patch)
tree75051804a1fb76cee27d23e437ad49a30228323c /include/qom
parent213f0c4f619dda7a56612353009e6f30d3348206 (diff)
qom: Assert instance size in object_initialize_with_type()
This catches objects initializing beyond allocated memory, e.g., when subtypes get extended with instance state of their own. Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/qom')
-rw-r--r--include/qom/object.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 13847fb85b..1a7b71aba5 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -586,13 +586,14 @@ Object *object_new_with_type(Type type);
/**
* object_initialize_with_type:
* @data: A pointer to the memory to be used for the object.
+ * @size: The maximum size available at @data for the object.
* @type: The type of the object to instantiate.
*
* This function will initialize an object. The memory for the object should
* have already been allocated. The returned object has a reference count of 1,
* and will be finalized when the last reference is dropped.
*/
-void object_initialize_with_type(void *data, Type type);
+void object_initialize_with_type(void *data, size_t size, Type type);
/**
* object_initialize: