/*
 * include/alloc.h
 *
 * Primary header for liballoc API
 * CISC 301 -- Operating Systems, Project 3
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2025  Douglas B. Rumbaugh <dbrumbaugh@harrisburgu.edu>
 * 
 * Distributed under the Modified BSD License
 *
 */
#ifndef H_LIBALLOC
#define H_LIBALLOC

#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "constants.h"
#include "free_list.h"

/*
 * Returns a pointer to a new region of memory of the specified
 * size, or NULL if no memory is available.
 */
void *allocate(size_t);

/*
 * Release a block of memory previous allocated using allocate(). If the
 * input pointer was not returned by allocate(), then the behavior of
 * this function is undefined.
 *
 * Accessing a pointer that has been previous passed to this function is
 * undefined behavior.
 */
void release(void *);

#endif