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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/>.
+//
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#ifndef __MEMORY_H__
+#define __MEMORY_H__
+
+#include <stddef.h> // size_t
+
+int MemAlloc(void ** ptr, size_t bytesToAlloc);
+int MemAllocAligned(void ** ptr, size_t bytesToAlloc, size_t alignmentBytes);
+int MemFree(void ** ptr);
+
+int MemZero(void * ptr, size_t bytesToZero);
+
+#endif // __MEMORY_H__