Function

Gcrsecure_memory_realloc

Declaration [src]

gpointer
gcr_secure_memory_realloc (
  gpointer memory,
  gsize size
)

Description [src]

Reallocate a block of non-pageable memory.

Glib memory is also reallocated correctly. If called with a null pointer, then a new block of memory is allocated. If called with a zero size, then the block of memory is freed.

If non-pageable memory cannot be allocated then normal memory will be returned.

This function is not directly available to language bindings.

Parameters

memory

Type: gpointer

Pointer to reallocate or NULL to allocate a new block.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
size

Type: gsize

New desired size of the memory block, or 0 to free the memory.

Return value

Type: gpointer

New block, or NULL if the block was freed; memory block should be freed with gcr_secure_memory_free().

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.