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+
+#ifndef ARRAYALLOC_H
+#define ARRAYALLOC_H 1
+
+#include "../libnetdata.h"
+
+typedef struct arrayalloc {
+    size_t element_size;
+    size_t elements;
+    const char *filename;
+    char **cache_dir;
+    bool use_mmap;
+
+    // private members - do not touch
+    struct {
+        bool mmap;
+        bool lockless;
+        bool initialized;
+        size_t element_size;
+        size_t page_ptr_offset;
+        size_t file_number;
+        size_t natural_page_size;
+        size_t allocation_multiplier;
+        size_t max_alloc_size;
+        netdata_mutex_t mutex;
+        struct arrayalloc_page *first_page;
+        struct arrayalloc_page *last_page;
+    } internal;
+} ARAL;
+
+extern ARAL *arrayalloc_create(size_t element_size, size_t elements, const char *filename, char **cache_dir);
+extern void *arrayalloc_mallocz(ARAL *ar);
+extern void arrayalloc_freez(ARAL *ar, void *ptr);
+
+#endif // ARRAYALLOC_H