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+#ifndef _IPXE_MALLOC_H
+#define _IPXE_MALLOC_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/** @file
+ *
+ * Dynamic memory allocation
+ *
+ */
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );
+
+/*
+ * Prototypes for the standard functions (malloc() et al) are in
+ * stdlib.h. Include <ipxe/malloc.h> only if you need the
+ * non-standard functions, such as malloc_dma().
+ *
+ */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ipxe/tables.h>
+#include <valgrind/memcheck.h>
+
+extern size_t freemem;
+
+extern void * __malloc alloc_memblock ( size_t size, size_t align,
+ size_t offset );
+extern void free_memblock ( void *ptr, size_t size );
+extern void mpopulate ( void *start, size_t len );
+extern void mdumpfree ( void );
+
+/**
+ * Allocate memory for DMA
+ *
+ * @v size Requested size
+ * @v align Physical alignment
+ * @v offset Offset from physical alignment
+ * @ret ptr Memory, or NULL
+ *
+ * Allocates physically-aligned memory for DMA.
+ *
+ * @c align must be a power of two. @c size may not be zero.
+ */
+static inline void * __malloc malloc_dma_offset ( size_t size,
+ size_t phys_align,
+ size_t offset ) {
+ void * ptr = alloc_memblock ( size, phys_align, offset );
+ if ( ptr && size )
+ VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK ( ptr, size, 0, 0 );
+ return ptr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allocate memory for DMA
+ *
+ * @v size Requested size
+ * @v align Physical alignment
+ * @ret ptr Memory, or NULL
+ *
+ * Allocates physically-aligned memory for DMA.
+ *
+ * @c align must be a power of two. @c size may not be zero.
+ */
+static inline void * __malloc malloc_dma ( size_t size, size_t phys_align ) {
+ return malloc_dma_offset ( size, phys_align, 0 );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Free memory allocated with malloc_dma()
+ *
+ * @v ptr Memory allocated by malloc_dma(), or NULL
+ * @v size Size of memory, as passed to malloc_dma()
+ *
+ * Memory allocated with malloc_dma() can only be freed with
+ * free_dma(); it cannot be freed with the standard free().
+ *
+ * If @c ptr is NULL, no action is taken.
+ */
+static inline void free_dma ( void *ptr, size_t size ) {
+ free_memblock ( ptr, size );
+ VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK ( ptr, 0 );
+}
+
+/** A cache discarder */
+struct cache_discarder {
+ /**
+ * Discard some cached data
+ *
+ * @ret discarded Number of cached items discarded
+ */
+ unsigned int ( * discard ) ( void );
+};
+
+/** Cache discarder table */
+#define CACHE_DISCARDERS __table ( struct cache_discarder, "cache_discarders" )
+
+/** Declare a cache discarder */
+#define __cache_discarder( cost ) __table_entry ( CACHE_DISCARDERS, cost )
+
+/** @defgroup cache_cost Cache discarder costs
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#define CACHE_CHEAP 01 /**< Items with a low replacement cost */
+#define CACHE_NORMAL 02 /**< Items with a normal replacement cost */
+#define CACHE_EXPENSIVE 03 /**< Items with a high replacement cost */
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* _IPXE_MALLOC_H */