WL#3817: Simplify string / memory area types and make things more consistent (first part)

The following type conversions was done:

- Changed byte to uchar
- Changed gptr to uchar*
- Change my_string to char *
- Change my_size_t to size_t
- Change size_s to size_t

Removed declaration of byte, gptr, my_string, my_size_t and size_s. 

Following function parameter changes was done:
- All string functions in mysys/strings was changed to use size_t
  instead of uint for string lengths.
- All read()/write() functions changed to use size_t (including vio).
- All protocoll functions changed to use size_t instead of uint
- Functions that used a pointer to a string length was changed to use size_t*
- Changed malloc(), free() and related functions from using gptr to use void *
  as this requires fewer casts in the code and is more in line with how the
  standard functions work.
- Added extra length argument to dirname_part() to return the length of the
  created string.
- Changed (at least) following functions to take uchar* as argument:
  - db_dump()
  - my_net_write()
  - net_write_command()
  - net_store_data()
  - DBUG_DUMP()
  - decimal2bin() & bin2decimal()
- Changed my_compress() and my_uncompress() to use size_t. Changed one
  argument to my_uncompress() from a pointer to a value as we only return
  one value (makes function easier to use).
- Changed type of 'pack_data' argument to packfrm() to avoid casts.
- Changed in readfrm() and writefrom(), ha_discover and handler::discover()
  the type for argument 'frmdata' to uchar** to avoid casts.
- Changed most Field functions to use uchar* instead of char* (reduced a lot of
  casts).
- Changed field->val_xxx(xxx, new_ptr) to take const pointers.

Other changes:
- Removed a lot of not needed casts
- Added a few new cast required by other changes
- Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety (as string lengths
  needs to be uint, not size_t).
- Fixed all calls to hash-get-key functions to use size_t*. (Needed to be done
  explicitely as this conflict was often hided by casting the function to
  hash_get_key).
- Changed some buffers to memory regions to uchar* to avoid casts.
- Changed some string lengths from uint to size_t.
- Changed field->ptr to be uchar* instead of char*. This allowed us to
  get rid of a lot of casts.
- Some changes from true -> TRUE, false -> FALSE, unsigned char -> uchar
- Include zlib.h in some files as we needed declaration of crc32()
- Changed MY_FILE_ERROR to be (size_t) -1.
- Changed many variables to hold the result of my_read() / my_write() to be
  size_t. This was needed to properly detect errors (which are
  returned as (size_t) -1).
- Removed some very old VMS code
- Changed packfrm()/unpackfrm() to not be depending on uint size
  (portability fix)
- Removed windows specific code to restore cursor position as this
  causes slowdown on windows and we should not mix read() and pread()
  calls anyway as this is not thread safe. Updated function comment to
  reflect this. Changed function that depended on original behavior of
  my_pwrite() to itself restore the cursor position (one such case).
- Added some missing checking of return value of malloc().
- Changed definition of MOD_PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH to avoid 'long' overflow.
- Changed type of table_def::m_size from my_size_t to ulong to reflect that
  m_size is the number of elements in the array, not a string/memory
  length.
- Moved THD::max_row_length() to table.cc (as it's not depending on THD).
  Inlined max_row_length_blob() into this function.
- More function comments
- Fixed some compiler warnings when compiled without partitions.
- Removed setting of LEX_STRING() arguments in declaration (portability fix).
- Some trivial indentation/variable name changes.
- Some trivial code simplifications:
  - Replaced some calls to alloc_root + memcpy to use
    strmake_root()/strdup_root().
  - Changed some calls from memdup() to strmake() (Safety fix)
  - Simpler loops in client-simple.c

mysys/my_alloc.c

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
     reported as error in first alloc_root() on this memory root.
 */
 
-void init_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
-		     uint pre_alloc_size __attribute__((unused)))
+void init_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, size_t block_size,
+		     size_t pre_alloc_size __attribute__((unused)))
 {
   DBUG_ENTER("init_alloc_root");
   DBUG_PRINT("enter",("root: 0x%lx", (long) mem_root));
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ void init_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
     before allocation.
 */
 
-void reset_root_defaults(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
-                         uint pre_alloc_size __attribute__((unused)))
+void reset_root_defaults(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, size_t block_size,
+                         size_t pre_alloc_size __attribute__((unused)))
 {
   DBUG_ASSERT(alloc_root_inited(mem_root));
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void reset_root_defaults(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
 #if !(defined(HAVE_purify) && defined(EXTRA_DEBUG))
   if (pre_alloc_size)
   {
-    uint size= pre_alloc_size + ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
+    size_t size= pre_alloc_size + ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
     if (!mem_root->pre_alloc || mem_root->pre_alloc->size != size)
     {
       USED_MEM *mem, **prev= &mem_root->free;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void reset_root_defaults(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
         {
           /* remove block from the list and free it */
           *prev= mem->next;
-          my_free((gptr) mem, MYF(0));
+          my_free(mem, MYF(0));
         }
         else
           prev= &mem->next;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void reset_root_defaults(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, uint block_size,
 }
 
 
-gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
+void *alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root, size_t length)
 {
 #if defined(HAVE_purify) && defined(EXTRA_DEBUG)
   reg1 USED_MEM *next;
@@ -154,32 +154,32 @@ gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
 
   DBUG_ASSERT(alloc_root_inited(mem_root));
 
-  Size+=ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
-  if (!(next = (USED_MEM*) my_malloc(Size,MYF(MY_WME))))
+  length+=ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
+  if (!(next = (USED_MEM*) my_malloc(length,MYF(MY_WME))))
   {
     if (mem_root->error_handler)
       (*mem_root->error_handler)();
-    DBUG_RETURN((gptr) 0);			/* purecov: inspected */
+    DBUG_RETURN((uchar*) 0);			/* purecov: inspected */
   }
   next->next= mem_root->used;
-  next->size= Size;
+  next->size= length;
   mem_root->used= next;
   DBUG_PRINT("exit",("ptr: 0x%lx", (long) (((char*) next)+
                                            ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM)))));
-  DBUG_RETURN((gptr) (((char*) next)+ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM))));
+  DBUG_RETURN((uchar*) (((char*) next)+ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM))));
 #else
-  uint get_size, block_size;
-  gptr point;
+  size_t get_size, block_size;
+  uchar* point;
   reg1 USED_MEM *next= 0;
   reg2 USED_MEM **prev;
   DBUG_ENTER("alloc_root");
   DBUG_PRINT("enter",("root: 0x%lx", (long) mem_root));
   DBUG_ASSERT(alloc_root_inited(mem_root));
 
-  Size= ALIGN_SIZE(Size);
+  length= ALIGN_SIZE(length);
   if ((*(prev= &mem_root->free)) != NULL)
   {
-    if ((*prev)->left < Size &&
+    if ((*prev)->left < length &&
 	mem_root->first_block_usage++ >= ALLOC_MAX_BLOCK_USAGE_BEFORE_DROP &&
 	(*prev)->left < ALLOC_MAX_BLOCK_TO_DROP)
     {
@@ -189,20 +189,20 @@ gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
       mem_root->used= next;
       mem_root->first_block_usage= 0;
     }
-    for (next= *prev ; next && next->left < Size ; next= next->next)
+    for (next= *prev ; next && next->left < length ; next= next->next)
       prev= &next->next;
   }
   if (! next)
   {						/* Time to alloc new block */
     block_size= mem_root->block_size * (mem_root->block_num >> 2);
-    get_size= Size+ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
+    get_size= length+ALIGN_SIZE(sizeof(USED_MEM));
     get_size= max(get_size, block_size);
 
     if (!(next = (USED_MEM*) my_malloc(get_size,MYF(MY_WME))))
     {
       if (mem_root->error_handler)
 	(*mem_root->error_handler)();
-      return((gptr) 0);				/* purecov: inspected */
+      return((void*) 0);                      /* purecov: inspected */
     }
     mem_root->block_num++;
     next->next= *prev;
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
     *prev=next;
   }
 
-  point= (gptr) ((char*) next+ (next->size-next->left));
+  point= (uchar*) ((char*) next+ (next->size-next->left));
   /*TODO: next part may be unneded due to mem_root->first_block_usage counter*/
-  if ((next->left-= Size) < mem_root->min_malloc)
+  if ((next->left-= length) < mem_root->min_malloc)
   {						/* Full block */
     *prev= next->next;				/* Remove block from list */
     next->next= mem_root->used;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
     mem_root->first_block_usage= 0;
   }
   DBUG_PRINT("exit",("ptr: 0x%lx", (ulong) point));
-  DBUG_RETURN(point);
+  DBUG_RETURN((void*) point);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ gptr alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *mem_root,unsigned int Size)
     in case of success or NULL if out of memory.
 */
 
-gptr multi_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *root, ...)
+void *multi_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *root, ...)
 {
   va_list args;
   char **ptr, *start, *res;
-  uint tot_length, length;
+  size_t tot_length, length;
   DBUG_ENTER("multi_alloc_root");
 
   va_start(args, root);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ gptr multi_alloc_root(MEM_ROOT *root, ...)
     res+= ALIGN_SIZE(length);
   }
   va_end(args);
-  DBUG_RETURN((gptr) start);
+  DBUG_RETURN((void*) start);
 }
 
 #define TRASH_MEM(X) TRASH(((char*)(X) + ((X)->size-(X)->left)), (X)->left)
@@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ void free_root(MEM_ROOT *root, myf MyFlags)
   {
     old=next; next= next->next ;
     if (old != root->pre_alloc)
-      my_free((gptr) old,MYF(0));
+      my_free(old,MYF(0));
   }
   for (next=root->free ; next ;)
   {
     old=next; next= next->next;
     if (old != root->pre_alloc)
-      my_free((gptr) old,MYF(0));
+      my_free(old,MYF(0));
   }
   root->used=root->free=0;
   if (root->pre_alloc)
@@ -393,13 +393,13 @@ void set_prealloc_root(MEM_ROOT *root, char *ptr)
 }
 
 
-char *strdup_root(MEM_ROOT *root,const char *str)
+char *strdup_root(MEM_ROOT *root, const char *str)
 {
-  return strmake_root(root, str, (uint) strlen(str));
+  return strmake_root(root, str, strlen(str));
 }
 
 
-char *strmake_root(MEM_ROOT *root,const char *str, uint len)
+char *strmake_root(MEM_ROOT *root, const char *str, size_t len)
 {
   char *pos;
   if ((pos=alloc_root(root,len+1)))
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ char *strmake_root(MEM_ROOT *root,const char *str, uint len)
 }
 
 
-char *memdup_root(MEM_ROOT *root,const char *str,uint len)
+void *memdup_root(MEM_ROOT *root, const void *str, size_t len)
 {
   char *pos;
   if ((pos=alloc_root(root,len)))