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diff --git a/src/lib/utils/mem_ops.h b/src/lib/utils/mem_ops.h index 328196000..4b03b23d2 100644 --- a/src/lib/utils/mem_ops.h +++ b/src/lib/utils/mem_ops.h @@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ namespace Botan { /** +* Allocate a memory buffer by some method. This should only be used for +* primitive types (uint8_t, uint32_t, etc). +* +* @param elems the number of elements +* @param elem_size the size of each element +* @return pointer to allocated and zeroed memory, or throw std::bad_alloc on failure +*/ +BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,3) void* allocate_memory(size_t elems, size_t elem_size); + +/** +* Free a pointer returned by allocate_memory +* @param p the pointer returned by allocate_memory +* @param elems the number of elements, as passed to allocate_memory +* @param elem_size the size of each element, as passed to allocate_memory +*/ +BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,3) void deallocate_memory(void* p, size_t elems, size_t elem_size); + +/** * Scrub memory contents in a way that a compiler should not elide, * using some system specific technique. Note that this function might * not zero the memory (for example, in some hypothetical |