1 krisbash 1.1 #ifndef _pal_ownedmemory_h
 2              #define _pal_ownedmemory_h
 3              
 4              #include <pal/palcommon.h>
 5              
 6              PAL_BEGIN_EXTERNC
 7              
 8              /*
 9              * Usage of these APIs is specifically in those places where the allocation happens on ad-hoc calls
10              * And there is no single place where someone can deallocate all memory allocated so far possibly because 
11              * the memory allocation was done as part of shared library and there is no single exit point since atexit
12              * does not run upon its unload on unix systems
13              * the memory locations which were allocated will be kept till the end of program or till you call OwnedMemory_Free
14              * the memory will be in address space of PAL shared library on unix systems and non non-unix ones it will be part of anyone
15              * who links against PAL static library
16              */
17              void *OwnedMemory_Alloc(size_t length);
18              
19              int OwnedMemory_Free(void *ptr);
20              
21              PAL_END_EXTERNC
22 krisbash 1.1 
23              #endif /* _pal_ownedmemory_h */