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// \file Arena based allocator
// Allows very fast allocation of memory, but that memory cannot be freed until
// the arena as a whole is freed
// Tracks the total memory allocated against it, so that future arenas can
// pre-allocate the right amount of memory

#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_SUPPORT_ARENA_H
#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_SUPPORT_ARENA_H

#include <stddef.h>

typedef struct gpr_arena gpr_arena;

// Create an arena, with \a initial_size bytes in the first allocated buffer
gpr_arena *gpr_arena_create(size_t initial_size);
// Allocate \a size bytes from the arena
void *gpr_arena_alloc(gpr_arena *arena, size_t size);
// Destroy an arena, returning the total number of bytes allocated
size_t gpr_arena_destroy(gpr_arena *arena);

#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_SUPPORT_ARENA_H */