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+/* $Id: mem.h $ */
+/** @file
+ * IPRT - Memory Management.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+ * available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+ *
+ * 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, in version 3 of the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL), a copy of it is provided in the "COPYING.CDDL" file included
+ * in the VirtualBox distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR CDDL-1.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_INTERNAL_mem_h
+#define IPRT_INCLUDED_INTERNAL_mem_h
+#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+/**
+ * Special allocation method that does not have any IPRT dependencies.
+ *
+ * This is suitable for allocating memory for IPRT heaps, pools, caches, memory
+ * trackers, semaphores and similar that end up in bootstrap depencency hell
+ * otherwise.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated memory, NULL on failure.  Must be freed by
+ *          calling rtMemBaseFree().
+ * @param   cb          The number of bytes to allocate.
+ */
+DECLHIDDEN(void *)  rtMemBaseAlloc(size_t cb);
+
+/**
+ * Frees memory allocated by rtInitAlloc().
+ *
+ * @param   pv          What rtInitAlloc() returned.
+ */
+DECLHIDDEN(void)    rtMemBaseFree(void *pv);
+
+
+#ifdef IN_RING0
+/** @def RTR0MEM_WITH_EF_APIS
+ * Enables the electrict fence APIs.
+ *
+ * Requires working rtR0MemObjNativeProtect implementation, thus the current
+ * OS restrictions.
+ */
+# if defined(RT_OS_DARWIN) || defined(RT_OS_FREEBSD) || defined(DOXYGEN_RUNNING)
+#  define RTR0MEM_WITH_EF_APIS
+# endif
+# ifdef RTR0MEM_WITH_EF_APIS
+DECLHIDDEN(void)    rtR0MemEfInit(void);
+DECLHIDDEN(void)    rtR0MemEfTerm(void);
+# endif
+#endif
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_INTERNAL_mem_h */
+