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+// -*- Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+// Copyright (c) 2005, Google Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+// 
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+// 
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
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+// 
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+// ---
+// Author: Sanjay Ghemawat
+//
+// Routine that uses sbrk/mmap to allocate memory from the system.
+// Useful for implementing malloc.
+
+#ifndef TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_
+#define TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stddef.h>                     // for size_t
+
+class SysAllocator;
+
+// REQUIRES: "alignment" is a power of two or "0" to indicate default alignment
+//
+// Allocate and return "N" bytes of zeroed memory.
+//
+// If actual_bytes is NULL then the returned memory is exactly the
+// requested size.  If actual bytes is non-NULL then the allocator
+// may optionally return more bytes than asked for (i.e. return an
+// entire "huge" page if a huge page allocator is in use).
+//
+// The returned pointer is a multiple of "alignment" if non-zero. The
+// returned pointer will always be aligned suitably for holding a
+// void*, double, or size_t. In addition, if this platform defines
+// CACHELINE_ALIGNED, the return pointer will always be cacheline
+// aligned.
+//
+// Returns NULL when out of memory.
+extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
+void* TCMalloc_SystemAlloc(size_t bytes, size_t *actual_bytes,
+			   size_t alignment = 0);
+
+// This call is a hint to the operating system that the pages
+// contained in the specified range of memory will not be used for a
+// while, and can be released for use by other processes or the OS.
+// Pages which are released in this way may be destroyed (zeroed) by
+// the OS.  The benefit of this function is that it frees memory for
+// use by the system, the cost is that the pages are faulted back into
+// the address space next time they are touched, which can impact
+// performance.  (Only pages fully covered by the memory region will
+// be released, partial pages will not.)
+//
+// Returns false if release failed or not supported.
+extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
+bool TCMalloc_SystemRelease(void* start, size_t length);
+
+// Called to ressurect memory which has been previously released
+// to the system via TCMalloc_SystemRelease.  An attempt to
+// commit a page that is already committed does not cause this
+// function to fail.
+extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
+void TCMalloc_SystemCommit(void* start, size_t length);
+
+// The current system allocator.
+extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL SysAllocator* sys_alloc;
+
+// Number of bytes taken from system.
+extern PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL size_t TCMalloc_SystemTaken;
+
+#endif /* TCMALLOC_SYSTEM_ALLOC_H_ */