myvtm/Other/unix/libvideoframework/aligned_malloc.h

#ifndef MEMORY_ALIGNED_MALLOC_H_
#define MEMORY_ALIGNED_MALLOC_H_

// The functions declared here
// 1) Allocates block of aligned memory.
// 2) Re-calculates a pointer such that it is aligned to a higher or equal
//    address.
// Note: alignment must be a power of two. The alignment is in bytes.

#include <stddef.h>

// Returns a pointer to the first boundry of |alignment| bytes following the
// address of |ptr|.
// Note that there is no guarantee that the memory in question is available.
// |ptr| has no requirements other than it can't be NULL.
void* GetRightAlign(const void* ptr, size_t alignment);
// Allocates memory of |size| bytes aligned on an |alignment| boundry.
// The return value is a pointer to the memory. Note that the memory must
// be de-allocated using AlignedFree.
void* AlignedMalloc(size_t size, size_t alignment);
// De-allocates memory created using the AlignedMalloc() API.
void AlignedFree(void* mem_block);

// Templated versions to facilitate usage of aligned malloc without casting
// to and from void*.
template <typename T>
T* GetRightAlign(const T* ptr, size_t alignment) {
  return reinterpret_cast<T*>(
      GetRightAlign(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(ptr), alignment));
}
template <typename T>
T* AlignedMalloc(size_t size, size_t alignment) {
  return reinterpret_cast<T*>(AlignedMalloc(size, alignment));
}

// Deleter for use with unique_ptr. E.g., use as
//   std::unique_ptr<Foo, AlignedFreeDeleter> foo;
struct AlignedFreeDeleter {
  inline void operator()(void* ptr) const { AlignedFree(ptr); }
};


#endif  // RTC_BASE_MEMORY_ALIGNED_MALLOC_H_