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Willy Tarreau a469356268 MEDIUM: server: introduce srv_alloc()/srv_free() to alloc/free a server
It happens that we free servers at various places in the code, both
on error paths and at runtime thanks to the "server delete" feature. In
order to switch to an aligned struct, we'll need to change the calloc()
and free() calls. Let's first spot them and switch them to srv_alloc()
and srv_free() instead of using calloc() and either free() or ha_free().
An easy trap to fall into is that some of them are default-server
entries. The new srv_free() function also resets the pointer like
ha_free() does.

This was done by running the following coccinelle script all over the
code:

  @@
  struct server *srv;
  @@
  (
  - free(srv)
  + srv_free(&srv)
  |
  - ha_free(&srv)
  + srv_free(&srv)
  )
  @@
  struct server *srv;
  expression e1;
  expression e2;
  @@
  (
  - srv = malloc(e1)
  + srv = srv_alloc()
  |
  - srv = calloc(e1, e2)
  + srv = srv_alloc()
  )

This is marked medium because despite spotting all call places, we can
never rule out the possibility that some out-of-tree patches would
allocate their own servers and continue to use the old API... at their
own risk.
2025-08-13 17:37:11 +02:00
.github CI: vtest: add os name to OT cache key 2025-08-08 15:36:12 +02:00
addons MEDIUM: tree-wide: replace most DECLARE_POOL with DECLARE_TYPED_POOL 2025-08-11 19:55:30 +02:00
admin BUG/MINOR: halog: exit with error when some output filters are set simultaneosly 2025-07-17 17:22:37 +02:00
dev DEV: gdb: add a memprofile decoder to the debug tools 2025-07-16 15:33:33 +02:00
doc MINOR: tools: also implement ha_aligned_alloc_typed() 2025-08-13 17:37:08 +02:00
examples MINOR: mailers: warn if mailers are configured but not actually used 2025-06-27 16:41:18 +02:00
include MEDIUM: server: introduce srv_alloc()/srv_free() to alloc/free a server 2025-08-13 17:37:11 +02:00
reg-tests MINOR: sample: Add le2dec (little endian to decimal) sample fetch 2025-08-05 13:47:53 +02:00
scripts BUILD: adjust scripts/build-ssl.sh to modern CMake system of QuicTLS 2025-07-11 05:04:31 +02:00
src MEDIUM: server: introduce srv_alloc()/srv_free() to alloc/free a server 2025-08-13 17:37:11 +02:00
tests TESTS: Fix build for filltab25.c 2025-04-03 15:59:41 +02:00
.cirrus.yml CI: cirrus-ci: bump FreeBSD image to 14-2 2025-02-12 13:18:55 +01:00
.gitattributes MINOR: Configure the cpp userdiff driver for *.[ch] in .gitattributes 2021-02-22 18:17:57 +01:00
.gitignore MINOR: tevt/dev: Add term_events tool 2025-01-31 10:41:50 +01:00
.mailmap DOC: update Tim's address in .mailmap 2021-09-16 09:14:14 +02:00
.travis.yml MEDIUM: mworker: remove USE_SYSTEMD requirement for -Ws 2024-11-20 12:07:38 +01:00
BRANCHES DOC: fix some spelling issues over multiple files 2021-01-08 14:53:47 +01:00
BSDmakefile BUILD: makefile: commit the tiny FreeBSD makefile stub 2023-05-24 17:17:36 +02:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 3.3-dev6 2025-08-06 21:50:00 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2025-04-02 11:12:20 +02:00
INSTALL MINOR: version: mention that it's development again 2025-05-28 16:46:15 +02:00
LICENSE LICENSE: add licence exception for OpenSSL 2012-09-07 13:52:26 +02:00
MAINTAINERS MAJOR: spoe: Let the SPOE back into the game 2024-05-22 09:04:38 +02:00
Makefile BUILD: restore USE_SHM_OPEN build option 2025-08-07 22:27:22 +02:00
README.md DOC: change the link to the FreeBSD CI in README.md 2024-06-03 15:21:29 +02:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 3.3-dev6 2025-08-06 21:50:00 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 3.3-dev6 2025-08-06 21:50:00 +02:00

HAProxy

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HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Installation

The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.

Getting help

The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.

The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.

Documentation

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:

  • INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  • BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  • LICENSE for the project's license
  • CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:

License

HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.