Non-pageable Memory

Non-pageable Memory — Secure Non-pageable Memory

Synopsis

#define             gnome_keyring_memory_new            (type,
                                                         n_objects)
gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_alloc          (gulong sz);
gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_try_alloc      (gulong sz);
gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_realloc        (gpointer p,
                                                         gulong sz);
gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_try_realloc    (gpointer p,
                                                         gulong sz);
void                gnome_keyring_memory_free           (gpointer p);
gboolean            gnome_keyring_memory_is_secure      (gpointer p);
gchar *             gnome_keyring_memory_strdup         (const gchar *str);

Description

Warning

All of these APIs are deprecated. Use libsecret instead.

Normal allocated memory can be paged to disk at the whim of the operating system. This can be a serious problem for sensitive information like passwords, keys and secrets.

GNOME Keyring holds passwords in non-pageable, or locked memory. This happens both in the daemon and in the library. This is only possible if the OS contains support for it.

These functions allow applications to use to hold passwords and other sensitive information.

Details

gnome_keyring_memory_new()

#define             gnome_keyring_memory_new(type, n_objects)

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_new is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_alloc() instead.

Allocate objects in non-pageable gnome-keyring memory.

`type` :	The C type of the objects to allocate
`n_objects` :	The number of objects to allocate.
Returns :	The new block of memory.

gnome_keyring_memory_alloc ()

gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_alloc          (gulong sz);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_alloc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_alloc() instead.

Allocate a block of gnome-keyring non-pageable memory.

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

`sz` :	The new desired size of the memory block.
Returns :	The new memory block which should be freed with `gnome_keyring_memory_free()`. [transfer full]

gnome_keyring_memory_try_alloc ()

gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_try_alloc      (gulong sz);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_try_alloc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_try_alloc() instead.

Allocate a block of gnome-keyring non-pageable memory.

If non-pageable memory cannot be allocated, then NULL is returned.

`sz` :	The new desired size of the memory block.
Returns :	The new block, or `NULL` if memory cannot be allocated. The memory block should be freed with `gnome_keyring_memory_free()`. [transfer full]

gnome_keyring_memory_realloc ()

gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_realloc        (gpointer p,
                                                         gulong sz);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_realloc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_realloc() instead.

Reallocate a block of gnome-keyring 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.

`p` :	The pointer to reallocate or `NULL` to allocate a new block. [allow-none]
`sz` :	The new desired size of the memory block, or 0 to free the memory.
Returns :	The new block, or `NULL` if the block was freed. The memory block should be freed with `gnome_keyring_memory_free()`. [transfer full]

gnome_keyring_memory_try_realloc ()

gpointer            gnome_keyring_memory_try_realloc    (gpointer p,
                                                         gulong sz);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_try_realloc is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_try_realloc() instead.

Reallocate a block of gnome-keyring non-pageable memory.

Glib memory is also reallocated correctly when passed to this function. 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 memory cannot be allocated, NULL is returned and the original block of memory remains intact.

`p` :	The pointer to reallocate or `NULL` to allocate a new block. [allow-none]
`sz` :	The new desired size of the memory block.
Returns :	The new block, or `NULL` if memory cannot be allocated. The memory block should be freed with `gnome_keyring_memory_free()`. [transfer full]

gnome_keyring_memory_free ()

void                gnome_keyring_memory_free           (gpointer p);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_free is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_free() instead.

Free a block of gnome-keyring non-pageable memory.

Glib memory is also freed correctly when passed to this function. If called with a null pointer then no action is taken.

p :

The pointer to the beginning of the block of memory to free.

gnome_keyring_memory_is_secure ()

gboolean            gnome_keyring_memory_is_secure      (gpointer p);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_is_secure is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_is_secure() instead.

Check if a pointer is in non-pageable memory allocated by gnome-keyring.

`p` :	The pointer to check
Returns :	Whether the memory is non-pageable or not

gnome_keyring_memory_strdup ()

gchar *             gnome_keyring_memory_strdup         (const gchar *str);

Warning

gnome_keyring_memory_strdup is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gcr_secure_memory_strdup() instead.

Copy a string into non-pageable memory. If the input string is NULL, then NULL will be returned.

`str` :	The null terminated string to copy
Returns :	The copied string, should be freed with `gnome_keyring_memory_free()`

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