-idea for improved allocator

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_common.h b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
index 470069419..29a5f7cfb 100644
--- a/src/include/gnunet_common.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
@@ -669,6 +669,15 @@ GNUNET_ntoh_double (double d);
 #define GNUNET_MAX_MALLOC_CHECKED (1024 * 1024 * 40)
 
 /**
+ * Allocate a struct or union of the given 'type'.
+ * Wrapper around GNUNET_malloc that returns a pointer
+ * to the newly created object of the correct type.
+ *
+ * @param type name of the struct or union, i.e. pass 'struct Foo'.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_new(type) (type *) GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (type))
+
+/**
  * Wrapper around malloc. Allocates size bytes of memory.
  * The memory will be zero'ed out.
  *
diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_pseudonym_lib.h b/src/include/gnunet_pseudonym_lib.h
index 0b71cc1af..e0b36887b 100644
--- a/src/include/gnunet_pseudonym_lib.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_pseudonym_lib.h
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ extern "C"
 struct GNUNET_PseudonymIdentifier
 {
   /**
-   * Q consists of an x- and a y-value, each mod p (256 bits);
-   * however, (to speed up calculations and/or represent infinity)
-   * libgcrypt uses projective coordinates, which add an extra
-   * dimension.  Thus, the MPI value is typically one additional byte
-   * longer (512 bit + 8 bits).  As we want a size that is a
-   * multiplicative of 8, we add 8 bytes (not 8 bits), which should
-   * always suffice to represent Q.
+   * Q consists of an x- and a y-value, each mod p (256 bits),
+   * given here in affine coordinates.
    */
-  unsigned char q[(256 + 256 / 8) + 8];
+  unsigned char q_x[256 / 8];
+
+  /**
+   * Q consists of an x- and a y-value, each mod p (256 bits),
+   * given here in affine coordinates.
+   */
+  unsigned char q_y[256 / 8];
 
 };