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diff --git a/include/slibc-alloc.h b/include/slibc-alloc.h
index 3fe31e0..d745dee 100644
--- a/include/slibc-alloc.h
+++ b/include/slibc-alloc.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
/**
* Configurations for `extalloc`.
- * There are independent of each other, and
+ * They are independent of each other, and
* multiple can be selected by using bitwise or
* between them.
*/
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ enum extalloc_mode
/**
* Configurations for `rememalign`.
- * There are independent of each other, and
+ * They are independent of each other, and
* multiple can be selected by using bitwise or
* between them.
*/
@@ -76,6 +76,33 @@ enum rememalign_mode
/**
+ * Configurations for `falloc`.
+ * They are independent of each other, and
+ * multiple can be selected by using bitwise or
+ * between them.
+ */
+enum falloc_mode
+ {
+ /**
+ * Clear disowned memory.
+ */
+ FALLOC_CLEAR = 1,
+
+ /**
+ * Initialise new memory.
+ */
+ FALLOC_INIT = 2,
+
+ /**
+ * If a new allocation is created, copy the data
+ * from the old allocation over to the new allocation.
+ */
+ FALLOC_MEMCPY = 4,
+
+ };
+
+
+/**
* This function is identical to `free`, except it is guaranteed not to
* override the memory segment with zeroes before freeing the allocation.
*
@@ -263,6 +290,56 @@ void* naive_realloc(void*, size_t, size_t) /* sic! we limit ourself to ASCII */
void* naive_extalloc(void*, size_t) /* sic! we limit ourself to ASCII */
__GCC_ONLY(__attribute__((__nonnull__, __warn_unused_result__)));
+/**
+ * Allocates, deallocates, or reallocates memory without
+ * bookkeeping. The created allocation may not be inspecifed,
+ * deallocated or reallocated with any other function than
+ * this function.
+ *
+ * If `new_size` is zero and `ptr` is `NULL`,
+ * nothing happens, but errno is set zero and `NULL` is returned.
+ * If `new_size` is zero and `ptr` is not `NULL`,
+ * `ptr` is deallocated, errno is set zero, and `NULL` is returned.
+ * `ptr`'s content will be clear if `old_size` is not zero
+ * and `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`, but if `old_size` is zero and
+ * and `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR`, `errno` is set to `EINVAL`.
+ * If `new_size` is not zero, and `ptr` is not `NULL`,
+ * `ptr` is reallocated. If `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR` the old allocation
+ * is cleared if a new allocation is created, or if the allocation
+ * is shrinked, the disowned area is cleared. However, if `old_size`
+ * is zero an `mode & FALLOC_CLEAR` errno is set to `EINVAL` and
+ * `NULL` is returned. If a new allocation is created, the first
+ * `old_size` bytes is copied from the old allocation into the new
+ * allocation. If `mode & FALLOC_INIT`, all newly available space
+ * will be initialised with zeroes.
+ * If neither `new_size` nor `new_size` is zero, and `ptr` is `NULL`,
+ * `errno` is set to `EINVAL` and `NULL` is returned.
+ * Otherwise (if `new_size` is non-zero, `old_size` is zero, and
+ * `ptr` is `NULL ), a new allocation is created.
+ *
+ * @param ptr The old pointer, `NULL` if a new shall be created.
+ * @param ptrshift Pointer that is used to keep track of the pointers
+ * shift for alignment. `NULL` if the shift shall not
+ * be tracked. If this is the case, `falloc` cannot
+ * be used to reallocate or deallocate an allocation,
+ * unless the pointer is unaligned (`alignment <= 0`).
+ * @param alignment The aligment of both the new and old pointer, zero
+ * or one if it should not be aligned.
+ * @param old_size The old allocation size, zero if a new shall be created.
+ * @param new_size The new allocation size, zero if it shall be freed.
+ * @param mode `FALLOC_CLEAR`, `FALLOC_INIT` or `FALLOC_MEMCPY`, or
+ * both or neither.
+ * @return The new pointer, or the old pointer if it was reallocated
+ * without creating a new allocation. `NULL` is returned
+ * if `new_size` (errno is set to zero) is zero, or on error
+ * (errno is set to describe the error.)
+ *
+ * @throws 0 `new_size` is zero.
+ * @throws EINVAL The arguments are invalid.
+ * @throws ENOMEM The process cannot allocate more memory.
+ */
+void* falloc(void*, size_t*, size_t, size_t, size_t, enum falloc_mode);
+
/**
* This macro calls `fast_free` and then sets the pointer to `NULL`,