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authorLorry Tar Creator <lorry-tar-importer@baserock.org>2005-10-03 13:43:40 +0000
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+/* Memory allocation aligned to system page boundaries.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+ USA. */
+
+#ifndef _PAGEALIGN_ALLOC_H
+# define _PAGEALIGN_ALLOC_H
+
+# include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Allocate a block of memory of SIZE bytes, aligned on a system page
+ boundary.
+ If SIZE is not a multiple of the system page size, it will be rounded up
+ to the next multiple.
+ Return a pointer to the start of the memory block. Upon allocation failure,
+ return NULL and set errno. */
+extern void *pagealign_alloc (size_t size);
+
+/* Like pagealign_alloc, except it exits the program if the allocation
+ fails. */
+extern void *pagealign_xalloc (size_t size);
+
+/* Free a memory block.
+ PTR must be a non-NULL pointer returned by pagealign_alloc or
+ pagealign_xalloc. */
+extern void pagealign_free (void *ptr);
+
+#endif /* _PAGEALIGN_ALLOC_H */