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+#ifndef MEM_POOL_H
+#define MEM_POOL_H
+
+struct mp_block {
+	struct mp_block *next_block;
+	char *next_free;
+	char *end;
+	uintmax_t space[FLEX_ARRAY]; /* more */
+};
+
+struct mem_pool {
+	struct mp_block *mp_block;
+
+	/*
+	 * The amount of available memory to grow the pool by.
+	 * This size does not include the overhead for the mp_block.
+	 */
+	size_t block_alloc;
+
+	/* The total amount of memory allocated by the pool. */
+	size_t pool_alloc;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Initialize mem_pool with specified initial size.
+ */
+void mem_pool_init(struct mem_pool **mem_pool, size_t initial_size);
+
+/*
+ * Discard a memory pool and free all the memory it is responsible for.
+ */
+void mem_pool_discard(struct mem_pool *mem_pool, int invalidate_memory);
+
+/*
+ * Alloc memory from the mem_pool.
+ */
+void *mem_pool_alloc(struct mem_pool *pool, size_t len);
+
+/*
+ * Allocate and zero memory from the memory pool.
+ */
+void *mem_pool_calloc(struct mem_pool *pool, size_t count, size_t size);
+
+/*
+ * Move the memory associated with the 'src' pool to the 'dst' pool. The 'src'
+ * pool will be empty and not contain any memory. It still needs to be free'd
+ * with a call to `mem_pool_discard`.
+ */
+void mem_pool_combine(struct mem_pool *dst, struct mem_pool *src);
+
+/*
+ * Check if a memory pointed at by 'mem' is part of the range of
+ * memory managed by the specified mem_pool.
+ */
+int mem_pool_contains(struct mem_pool *mem_pool, void *mem);
+
+#endif