+/* Initialisation ---------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+extern void initBlockAllocator(void);
+
+/* Allocation -------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+bdescr *allocGroup(nat n);
+bdescr *allocBlock(void);
+
+// versions that take the storage manager lock for you:
+bdescr *allocGroup_lock(nat n);
+bdescr *allocBlock_lock(void);
+
+/* De-Allocation ----------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void freeGroup(bdescr *p);
+void freeChain(bdescr *p);
+
+// versions that take the storage manager lock for you:
+void freeGroup_lock(bdescr *p);
+void freeChain_lock(bdescr *p);
+
+/* Round a value to megablocks --------------------------------------------- */
+
+#define WORDS_PER_MBLOCK (BLOCKS_PER_MBLOCK * BLOCK_SIZE_W)
+
+INLINE_HEADER nat
+round_to_mblocks(nat words)
+{
+ if (words > WORDS_PER_MBLOCK) {
+ if ((words % WORDS_PER_MBLOCK) < (WORDS_PER_MBLOCK / 2)) {
+ words = (words / WORDS_PER_MBLOCK) * WORDS_PER_MBLOCK;
+ } else {
+ words = ((words / WORDS_PER_MBLOCK) + 1) * WORDS_PER_MBLOCK;
+ }
+ }
+ return words;
+}
+
+#endif /* !CMINUSMINUS */