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     30 // ---
     31 // Author: Sanjay Ghemawat
     32 //
     33 // Routine that uses sbrk/mmap to allocate memory from the system.
     34 // Useful for implementing malloc.
     35 
     36 #ifndef TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_
     37 #define TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_
     38 
     39 #include <config.h>
     40 #include <stddef.h>                     // for size_t
     41 
     42 class SysAllocator;
     43 
     44 // REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of two or "0" to indicate default alignment
     45 //
     46 // Allocate and return "N" bytes of zeroed memory.
     47 //
     48 // If actual_bytes is NULL then the returned memory is exactly the
     49 // requested size.  If actual bytes is non-NULL then the allocator
     50 // may optionally return more bytes than asked for (i.e. return an
     51 // entire "huge" page if a huge page allocator is in use).
     52 //
     53 // The returned pointer is a multiple of "alignment" if non-zero. The
     54 // returned pointer will always be aligned suitably for holding a
     55 // void*, double, or size_t. In addition, if this platform defines
     56 // CACHELINE_ALIGNED, the return pointer will always be cacheline
     57 // aligned.
     58 //
     59 // Returns NULL when out of memory.
     60 extern void* TCMalloc_SystemAlloc(size_t bytes, size_t *actual_bytes,
     61                                   size_t alignment = 0);
     62 
     63 // This call is a hint to the operating system that the pages
     64 // contained in the specified range of memory will not be used for a
     65 // while, and can be released for use by other processes or the OS.
     66 // Pages which are released in this way may be destroyed (zeroed) by
     67 // the OS.  The benefit of this function is that it frees memory for
     68 // use by the system, the cost is that the pages are faulted back into
     69 // the address space next time they are touched, which can impact
     70 // performance.  (Only pages fully covered by the memory region will
     71 // be released, partial pages will not.)
     72 extern void TCMalloc_SystemRelease(void* start, size_t length);
     73 
     74 // Called to ressurect memory which has been previously released
     75 // to the system via TCMalloc_SystemRelease.  An attempt to
     76 // commit a page that is already committed does not cause this
     77 // function to fail.
     78 extern void TCMalloc_SystemCommit(void* start, size_t length);
     79 
     80 // Guards the first page in the supplied range of memory and returns the size
     81 // of the guard page. Will return 0 if a guard cannot be added to the page
     82 // (e.g. start is not aligned or size is not large enough).
     83 extern size_t TCMalloc_SystemAddGuard(void* start, size_t size);
     84 
     85 // The current system allocator.
     86 extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL SysAllocator* sys_alloc;
     87 
     88 #endif /* TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_ */
     89