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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _DALVIK_VM_COMPILER_UTILITY
+#define _DALVIK_VM_COMPILER_UTILITY
+
+#define ARENA_DEFAULT_SIZE 4096
+
+/* Allocate the initial memory block for arena-based allocation */
+bool dvmCompilerHeapInit(void);
+
+typedef struct ArenaMemBlock {
+    size_t bytesAllocated;
+    struct ArenaMemBlock *next;
+    char ptr[0];
+} ArenaMemBlock;
+
+void *dvmCompilerNew(size_t size, bool zero);
+
+void dvmCompilerArenaReset(void);
+
+typedef struct GrowableList {
+    size_t numAllocated;
+    size_t numUsed;
+    void **elemList;
+} GrowableList;
+
+void dvmInitGrowableList(GrowableList *gList, size_t initLength);
+void dvmInsertGrowableList(GrowableList *gList, void *elem);
+
+#endif /* _DALVIK_COMPILER_UTILITY */