- Explicitly static_assert if raw pointers are used when calling "gro…

…w" as it was never supported.

- Update documentation to state this.

- Fixes #220 ("basic_managed_shared_memory::grow() do not return when using raw pointers")

include/boost/interprocess/managed_external_buffer.hpp

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ class basic_managed_external_buffer
       return *this;
    }
 
+   //!Tries to resize internal heap memory so that
+   //!we have room for more objects.
    void grow(size_type extra_bytes)
    {  base_t::grow(extra_bytes);   }
 

include/boost/interprocess/managed_mapped_file.hpp

@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ class basic_managed_mapped_file
    //!
    //!This function is not synchronized so no other thread or process should
    //!be reading or writing the file
+   //!
+   //!Since the memory will be remapped after the underlying file
+   //!is grown, it can't work with segments using raw pointers.
    static bool grow(const char *filename, size_type extra_bytes)
    {
       return base_t::template grow

include/boost/interprocess/managed_shared_memory.hpp

@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ class basic_managed_shared_memory
    //!
    //!This function is not synchronized so no other thread or process should
    //!be reading or writing the file
+   //!
+   //!Since the memory will be remapped after the underlying shared memory
+   //!is grown, it can't work with segments using raw pointers.
    static bool grow(const char *shmname, size_type extra_bytes)
    {
       return base_t::template grow

include/boost/interprocess/segment_manager.hpp

@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ class segment_manager_base
    //!Increases managed memory in extra_size bytes more. This only works
    //!with single-segment management.
    void grow(size_type extra_size)
-   {  MemoryAlgorithm::grow(extra_size);   }
+   {
+      //Growing managed segments that use raw pointers is UB, so disallow it.
+      BOOST_INTERPROCESS_STATIC_ASSERT(!(ipcdetail::is_same<void*, void_pointer>::value));
+      MemoryAlgorithm::grow(extra_size);
+   }
 
    //!Decreases managed memory to the minimum. This only works
    //!with single-segment management.