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//===- llvm/Support/Memory.h - Memory Support --------------------*- C++ -*-===//
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//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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// This file declares the llvm::sys::Memory class.
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#ifndef LLVM_SYSTEM_MEMORY_H
#define LLVM_SYSTEM_MEMORY_H

#include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
#include <string>

namespace llvm {
namespace sys {

  /// This class encapsulates the notion of a memory block which has an address
  /// and a size. It is used by the Memory class (a friend) as the result of
  /// various memory allocation operations.
  /// @see Memory
  /// @brief Memory block abstraction.
  class MemoryBlock {
  public:
    MemoryBlock() : Address(0), Size(0) { }
    MemoryBlock(void *addr, size_t size) : Address(addr), Size(size) { }
    void *base() const { return Address; }
    size_t size() const { return Size; }
  private:
    void *Address;    ///< Address of first byte of memory area
    size_t Size;      ///< Size, in bytes of the memory area
    friend class Memory;
  };

  /// This class provides various memory handling functions that manipulate
  /// MemoryBlock instances.
  /// @since 1.4
  /// @brief An abstraction for memory operations.
  class Memory {
  public:
    /// This method allocates a block of Read/Write/Execute memory that is
    /// suitable for executing dynamically generated code (e.g. JIT). An
    /// attempt to allocate \p NumBytes bytes of virtual memory is made.
    /// \p NearBlock may point to an existing allocation in which case
    /// an attempt is made to allocate more memory near the existing block.
    ///
    /// On success, this returns a non-null memory block, otherwise it returns
    /// a null memory block and fills in *ErrMsg.
    ///
    /// @brief Allocate Read/Write/Execute memory.
    static MemoryBlock AllocateRWX(size_t NumBytes,
                                   const MemoryBlock *NearBlock,
                                   std::string *ErrMsg = 0);

    /// This method releases a block of Read/Write/Execute memory that was
    /// allocated with the AllocateRWX method. It should not be used to
    /// release any memory block allocated any other way.
    ///
    /// On success, this returns false, otherwise it returns true and fills
    /// in *ErrMsg.
    /// @brief Release Read/Write/Execute memory.
    static bool ReleaseRWX(MemoryBlock &block, std::string *ErrMsg = 0);


    /// InvalidateInstructionCache - Before the JIT can run a block of code
    /// that has been emitted it must invalidate the instruction cache on some
    /// platforms.
    static void InvalidateInstructionCache(const void *Addr, size_t Len);

    /// setExecutable - Before the JIT can run a block of code, it has to be
    /// given read and executable privilege. Return true if it is already r-x
    /// or the system is able to change its previlege.
    static bool setExecutable(MemoryBlock &M, std::string *ErrMsg = 0);

    /// setWritable - When adding to a block of code, the JIT may need
    /// to mark a block of code as RW since the protections are on page
    /// boundaries, and the JIT internal allocations are not page aligned.
    static bool setWritable(MemoryBlock &M, std::string *ErrMsg = 0);

    /// setRangeExecutable - Mark the page containing a range of addresses
    /// as executable.
    static bool setRangeExecutable(const void *Addr, size_t Size);

    /// setRangeWritable - Mark the page containing a range of addresses
    /// as writable.
    static bool setRangeWritable(const void *Addr, size_t Size);
  };
}
}

#endif