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+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright
+// Markus Wittmann, 2016-2017
+// RRZE, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
+// markus.wittmann -at- fau.de or hpc -at- rrze.fau.de
+//
+// Viktor Haag, 2016
+// LSS, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
+//
+// This file is part of the Lattice Boltzmann Benchmark Kernels (LbmBenchKernels).
+//
+// LbmBenchKernels is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// LbmBenchKernels is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with LbmBenchKernels. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h> // strerror
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "Base.h"
+#include "Memory.h"
+
+
+int MemAlloc(void ** ptr, size_t bytesToAlloc)
+{
+ void * tmpPtr;
+
+ tmpPtr = malloc(bytesToAlloc);
+
+ if (tmpPtr == NULL) { // && bytesToAlloc != 0) {
+ Error("allocation of %lu bytes failed: %d - %s\n", bytesToAlloc, errno, strerror(errno));
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ *ptr = tmpPtr;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int MemAllocAligned(void ** ptr, size_t bytesToAlloc, size_t alignmentBytes)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = posix_memalign(ptr, alignmentBytes, bytesToAlloc);
+
+ if (ret) {
+ Error("allocation of %lu bytes aligned to %lu bytes failed: %d - %s\n", bytesToAlloc, alignmentBytes, errno, strerror(errno));
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+int MemFree(void ** ptr)
+{
+ Assert(*ptr != NULL);
+
+ free(*ptr);
+
+ *ptr = NULL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int MemZero(void * ptr, size_t bytesToZero)
+{
+ Assert(ptr != NULL);
+ Assert(bytesToZero > 0);
+
+ memset(ptr, 0, bytesToZero);
+
+ return 0;
+}