rename uc_context_free() to uc_mem_free(). see #373

bindings/go/unicorn/context.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (u *uc) ContextSave(reuse Context) (Context, error) {
 	if err := errReturn(C.uc_context_alloc(u.handle, ctx)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	runtime.SetFinalizer(ctx, func(p Context) { C.uc_context_free(*p) })
+	runtime.SetFinalizer(ctx, func(p Context) { C.uc_mem_free(*p) })
 	if err := errReturn(C.uc_context_save(u.handle, *ctx)); err != nil {
 	}
 	return ctx, nil

bindings/haskell/src/Unicorn/Internal/Unicorn.chs

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ instance Storable MemoryRegion where
 
 -- | Opaque storage for CPU context, used with the context functions.
 {# pointer *uc_context as Context
-   foreign finalizer uc_context_free_wrapper as contextFree
+   foreign finalizer uc_mem_free_wrapper as memFree
    newtype
 #}
 
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ instance Storable MemoryRegion where
 {# pointer *uc_context as ContextPtr -> Context #}
 
 -- | Make a CPU context out of a context pointer. The returned CPU context will
--- automatically call 'uc_context_free' when it goes out of scope.
+-- automatically call 'uc_mem_free' when it goes out of scope.
 mkContext :: ContextPtr
           -> IO Context
 mkContext ptr =
-    liftM Context (newForeignPtr contextFree ptr)
+    liftM Context (newForeignPtr memFree ptr)
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Emulator control

bindings/haskell/src/cbits/unicorn_wrapper.c

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ void uc_close_wrapper(uc_engine *uc) {
 void uc_close_dummy(uc_engine *uc) {
 }
 
-void uc_context_free_wrapper(uc_context *context) {
+void uc_mem_free_wrapper(void *mem) {
-    uc_context_free(context);
+    uc_mem_free(mem);
 }

bindings/haskell/src/include/unicorn_wrapper.h

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ void uc_close_wrapper(uc_engine *uc);
 void uc_close_dummy(uc_engine *uc);
 
 /*
- * Wrap Unicorn's uc_context_free function and ignore the returned error code.
+ * Wrap Unicorn's uc_mem_free function and ignore the returned error code.
  */
-void uc_context_free_wrapper(uc_context *context);
+void uc_mem_free_wrapper(void *context);
 
 #endif

bindings/java/unicorn_Unicorn.c

@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_unicorn_Unicorn_context_1alloc
  */
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_unicorn_Unicorn_context_1free
   (JNIEnv *env, jobject self, jlong ctx) {
-   uc_err err = uc_context_free((uc_context*)ctx);
+   uc_err err = uc_mem_free((void *)ctx);
    if (err != UC_ERR_OK) {
       throwException(env, err);
    }

bindings/python/unicorn/unicorn.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_mem_unmap", ucerr, uc_engine, ctypes.c_uint64, ctypes.
 _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_mem_protect", ucerr, uc_engine, ctypes.c_uint64, ctypes.c_size_t, ctypes.c_uint32)
 _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_query", ucerr, uc_engine, ctypes.c_uint32, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_size_t))
 _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_context_alloc", ucerr, uc_engine, ctypes.POINTER(uc_context))
-_setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_context_free", ucerr, uc_context)
+_setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_mem_free", ucerr, ctypes.c_void_p)
 _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_context_save", ucerr, uc_engine, uc_context)
 _setup_prototype(_uc, "uc_context_restore", ucerr, uc_engine, uc_context)
 
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class SavedContext(object):
         self.pointer = pointer
 
     def __del__(self):
-        status = _uc.uc_context_free(self.pointer)
+        status = _uc.uc_mem_free(self.pointer)
         if status != uc.UC_ERR_OK:
             raise UcError(status)
 

include/unicorn/unicorn.h

@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ uc_err uc_mem_protect(uc_engine *uc, uint64_t address, size_t size, uint32_t per
 
  @uc: handle returned by uc_open()
  @regions: pointer to an array of uc_mem_region struct. This is allocated by
-   Unicorn, and must be freed by user later
+   Unicorn, and must be freed by user later with uc_mem_free()
  @count: pointer to number of struct uc_mem_region contained in @regions
 
  @return UC_ERR_OK on success, or other value on failure (refer to uc_err enum
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ uc_err uc_mem_regions(uc_engine *uc, uc_mem_region **regions, uint32_t *count);
  @uc: handle returned by uc_open()
  @context: pointer to a uc_engine*. This will be updated with the pointer to
    the new context on successful return of this function.
+   Later, this allocated memory must be freed with uc_mem_free().
 
  @return UC_ERR_OK on success, or other value on failure (refer to uc_err enum
    for detailed error).
@@ -668,15 +669,16 @@ UNICORN_EXPORT
 uc_err uc_context_alloc(uc_engine *uc, uc_context **context);
 
 /*
- Free the resource allocated by uc_context_alloc.
+ Free the memory allocated by uc_context_alloc & uc_mem_regions.
 
- @context: handle returned by uc_context_alloc()
+ @mem: memory allocated by uc_context_alloc (returned in *context), or
+       by uc_mem_regions (returned in *regions)
 
  @return UC_ERR_OK on success, or other value on failure (refer to uc_err enum
    for detailed error).
 */
 UNICORN_EXPORT
-uc_err uc_context_free(uc_context *context);
+uc_err uc_mem_free(void *mem);
 
 /*
  Save a copy of the internal CPU context.

samples/sample_x86.c

@@ -759,9 +759,9 @@ static void test_i386_context_save(void)
     printf(">>> EAX = 0x%x\n", r_eax);
 
     // free the CPU context
-    err = uc_context_free(context);
+    err = uc_mem_free(context);
     if (err) {
-        printf("Failed on uc_context_free() with error returned: %u\n", err);
+        printf("Failed on uc_mem_free() with error returned: %u\n", err);
         return;
     }
 

tests/regress/mem_64_c.c

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
                     starts[i], regions[i].begin);
          }
       }
-      free(regions);
+      uc_mem_free(regions);
    }
    
    uc_close(uc);

tests/unit/test_x86.c

@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static void test_i386_reg_save(void **state)
     assert_int_equal(eax, 2);
 
     // clean up;
-    uc_context_free(saved_context);
+    uc_mem_free(saved_context);
     uc_assert_success(uc_close(uc));
 }
 /******************************************************************************/

uc.c

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 static void free_table(gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer data)
 {
     TypeInfo *ti = (TypeInfo*) value;
-    g_free((void*) ti->class);
+    g_free((void *) ti->class);
-    g_free((void*) ti->name);
+    g_free((void *) ti->name);
-    g_free((void*) ti->parent);
+    g_free((void *) ti->parent);
-    g_free((void*) ti);
+    g_free((void *) ti);
 }
 
 UNICORN_EXPORT
@@ -1193,9 +1193,9 @@ uc_err uc_context_alloc(uc_engine *uc, uc_context **context)
 }
 
 UNICORN_EXPORT
-uc_err uc_context_free(uc_context *context)
+uc_err uc_mem_free(void *mem)
 {
-    free(context);
+    g_free(mem);
     return UC_ERR_OK;
 }