Use __attribute__((malloc)) on memory allocation functions

This informs the C compiler that pointers returned from these functions
do not alias other functions, which allows it to do better code
optimization and should make the compiled code smaller.

References:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/53654773
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-malloc-function-attribute
https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#malloc

Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Richard Yao <richard.yao@alumni.stonybrook.edu>
Closes #14827
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Richard Yao
2023-05-26 18:47:52 -04:00
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ typedef struct kmem_cache {
extern uint64_t spl_kmem_cache_inuse(kmem_cache_t *cache);
extern uint64_t spl_kmem_cache_entry_size(kmem_cache_t *cache);
__attribute__((alloc_size(1)))
__attribute__((malloc, alloc_size(1)))
void *zfs_kmem_alloc(size_t size, int kmflags);
void zfs_kmem_free(void *buf, size_t size);
uint64_t kmem_size(void);
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ kmem_cache_t *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t bufsize, size_t align,
int (*constructor)(void *, void *, int), void (*destructor)(void *, void *),
void (*reclaim)(void *) __unused, void *private, vmem_t *vmp, int cflags);
void kmem_cache_destroy(kmem_cache_t *cache);
__attribute__((malloc))
void *kmem_cache_alloc(kmem_cache_t *cache, int flags);
void kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache_t *cache, void *buf);
boolean_t kmem_cache_reap_active(void);