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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 */