Function
FwupdPluginmemdup_safe
since: 1.8.2
Declaration [src]
guint8*
fu_memdup_safe (
const guint8* src,
gsize n,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Duplicates some memory using memdup in a safe way.
You don’t need to use this function in “obviously correct” cases, nor should you use it when performance is a concern. Only us it when you’re not sure if malicious data from a device or firmware could cause memory corruption.
NOTE: This function intentionally limits allocation size to 1GB.
Available since: 1.8.2
Parameters
src-
Type:
const guint8*Source buffer.
The data is owned by the caller of the function. n-
Type:
gsizeNumber of bytes to copy from
src. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will left initialized to NULLby the function if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.