Accept NULL in free_sized() and free_aligned_sized()

free_sized() and free_aligned_sized() forward straight to sdallocx(), which
expects a non-NULL pointer and asserts on it in debug builds. C23 says both
should accept NULL and do nothing, like free(NULL) does, so a NULL argument
either trips that assert or feeds NULL into the dealloc path in release builds.

It is not hard to hit. glibc 2.41 ships free_sized()/free_aligned_sized(), and
a C++ sized delete of a null pointer compiles down to a free_sized() call. Once
jemalloc is preloaded its versions take over, and that NULL call takes down the
process. I ran into it with GTK4/GLib apps under LD_PRELOAD.

Check for NULL first, the way free() already does, and add an integration test
covering the NULL case for both functions.

While here, give free_aligned_sized() its own core.free_aligned_sized.entry
and .exit logging and call je_sdallocx_impl() directly rather than the
je_sdallocx() wrapper, so it mirrors free_sized() and no longer logs under
sdallocx. The C++ sized-delete paths (sizedDeleteImpl, alignedSizedDeleteImpl)
get the same treatment: log entry/exit unconditionally and guard the call with
likely(ptr != nullptr).
This commit is contained in:
Bruno Gonçalves 2026-06-21 22:59:40 -03:00 committed by Slobodan Predolac
parent e8a0d2b477
commit 7ce8b9165d
4 changed files with 67 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ endif
TESTS_INTEGRATION := $(srcroot)test/integration/aligned_alloc.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/allocated.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/extent.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/free_sized.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/malloc.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/mallocx.c \
$(srcroot)test/integration/MALLOCX_ARENA.c \

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@ -1072,14 +1072,35 @@ JEMALLOC_EXPORT void JEMALLOC_NOTHROW
je_free_sized(void *ptr, size_t size) {
LOG("core.free_sized.entry", "ptr: %p, size: %zu", ptr, size);
je_sdallocx_noflags(ptr, size);
/*
* free_sized(NULL, size) is a no-op, like free(NULL). Do the NULL
* check here rather than deferring to the je_free_impl() fallback:
* without a size hint, free_fastpath() does an emap lookup that NULL
* fails, so it reaches free_default(), which handles NULL. With a
* size hint, the fast path skips that lookup and falls through to
* sdallocx_default(), which expects a non-NULL pointer.
*/
if (likely(ptr != NULL)) {
je_sdallocx_noflags(ptr, size);
}
LOG("core.free_sized.exit", "");
}
JEMALLOC_EXPORT void JEMALLOC_NOTHROW
je_free_aligned_sized(void *ptr, size_t alignment, size_t size) {
je_sdallocx(ptr, size, /* flags */ MALLOCX_ALIGN(alignment));
LOG("core.free_aligned_sized.entry",
"ptr: %p, alignment: %zu, size: %zu", ptr, alignment, size);
/*
* Same as je_free_sized() above: the sdallocx path expects a non-NULL
* pointer, so handle the C23 free_aligned_sized(NULL, ...) no-op here.
*/
if (likely(ptr != NULL)) {
je_sdallocx_impl(ptr, size, /* flags */ MALLOCX_ALIGN(alignment));
}
LOG("core.free_aligned_sized.exit", "");
}
/*

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@ -231,12 +231,11 @@ operator delete[](void *ptr, const std::nothrow_t &) noexcept {
JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE
void
sizedDeleteImpl(void *ptr, std::size_t size) noexcept {
if (unlikely(ptr == nullptr)) {
return;
}
LOG("core.operator_delete.entry", "ptr: %p, size: %zu", ptr, size);
je_sdallocx_noflags(ptr, size);
if (likely(ptr != nullptr)) {
je_sdallocx_noflags(ptr, size);
}
LOG("core.operator_delete.exit", "");
}
@ -262,13 +261,12 @@ alignedSizedDeleteImpl(
if (config_debug) {
assert(((size_t)alignment & ((size_t)alignment - 1)) == 0);
}
if (unlikely(ptr == nullptr)) {
return;
}
LOG("core.operator_delete.entry", "ptr: %p, size: %zu, alignment: %zu",
ptr, size, alignment);
je_sdallocx_impl(ptr, size, MALLOCX_ALIGN(alignment));
if (likely(ptr != nullptr)) {
je_sdallocx_impl(ptr, size, MALLOCX_ALIGN(alignment));
}
LOG("core.operator_delete.exit", "");
}

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@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
#include "test/jemalloc_test.h"
TEST_BEGIN(test_free_sized) {
void *p = mallocx(42, 0);
expect_ptr_not_null(p, "Unexpected mallocx() failure");
free_sized(p, 42);
}
TEST_END
TEST_BEGIN(test_free_aligned_sized) {
size_t alignment = 0x100;
void *p = mallocx(42, MALLOCX_ALIGN(alignment));
expect_ptr_not_null(p, "Unexpected mallocx() failure");
free_aligned_sized(p, alignment, 42);
}
TEST_END
TEST_BEGIN(test_free_sized_null) {
/*
* C23 specifies that free_sized(NULL, size) and
* free_aligned_sized(NULL, alignment, size) do nothing, just as
* free(NULL) does. The size argument is ignored for a NULL pointer.
*/
free_sized(NULL, 0);
free_sized(NULL, 42);
free_aligned_sized(NULL, 0x100, 0);
free_aligned_sized(NULL, 0x100, 42);
}
TEST_END
int
main(void) {
return test(
test_free_sized,
test_free_aligned_sized,
test_free_sized_null);
}