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+// Copyright (c) 2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_SUPPORT_LOCKEDPOOL_H
+#define BITCOIN_SUPPORT_LOCKEDPOOL_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <memory>
+
+/**
+ * OS-dependent allocation and deallocation of locked/pinned memory pages.
+ * Abstract base class.
+ */
+class LockedPageAllocator
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~LockedPageAllocator() {}
+    /** Allocate and lock memory pages.
+     * If len is not a multiple of the system page size, it is rounded up.
+     * Returns 0 in case of allocation failure.
+     *
+     * If locking the memory pages could not be accomplished it will still
+     * return the memory, however the lockingSuccess flag will be false.
+     * lockingSuccess is undefined if the allocation fails.
+     */
+    virtual void* AllocateLocked(size_t len, bool *lockingSuccess) = 0;
+
+    /** Unlock and free memory pages.
+     * Clear the memory before unlocking.
+     */
+    virtual void FreeLocked(void* addr, size_t len) = 0;
+
+    /** Get the total limit on the amount of memory that may be locked by this
+     * process, in bytes. Return size_t max if there is no limit or the limit
+     * is unknown. Return 0 if no memory can be locked at all.
+     */
+    virtual size_t GetLimit() = 0;
+};
+
+/* An arena manages a contiguous region of memory by dividing it into
+ * chunks.
+ */
+class Arena
+{
+public:
+    Arena(void *base, size_t size, size_t alignment);
+    virtual ~Arena();
+
+    /** Memory statistics. */
+    struct Stats
+    {
+        size_t used;
+        size_t free;
+        size_t total;
+        size_t chunks_used;
+        size_t chunks_free;
+    };
+
+    /** Allocate size bytes from this arena.
+     * Returns pointer on success, or 0 if memory is full or
+     * the application tried to allocate 0 bytes.
+     */
+    void* alloc(size_t size);
+
+    /** Free a previously allocated chunk of memory.
+     * Freeing the zero pointer has no effect.
+     * Raises std::runtime_error in case of error.
+     */
+    void free(void *ptr);
+
+    /** Get arena usage statistics */
+    Stats stats() const;
+
+#ifdef ARENA_DEBUG
+    void walk() const;
+#endif
+
+    /** Return whether a pointer points inside this arena.
+     * This returns base <= ptr < (base+size) so only use it for (inclusive)
+     * chunk starting addresses.
+     */
+    bool addressInArena(void *ptr) const { return ptr >= base && ptr < end; }
+private:
+    Arena(const Arena& other) = delete; // non construction-copyable
+    Arena& operator=(const Arena&) = delete; // non copyable
+
+    /** Map of chunk address to chunk information. This class makes use of the
+     * sorted order to merge previous and next chunks during deallocation.
+     */
+    std::map<char*, size_t> chunks_free;
+    std::map<char*, size_t> chunks_used;
+    /** Base address of arena */
+    char* base;
+    /** End address of arena */
+    char* end;
+    /** Minimum chunk alignment */
+    size_t alignment;
+};
+
+/** Pool for locked memory chunks.
+ *
+ * To avoid sensitive key data from being swapped to disk, the memory in this pool
+ * is locked/pinned.
+ *
+ * An arena manages a contiguous region of memory. The pool starts out with one arena
+ * but can grow to multiple arenas if the need arises.
+ *
+ * Unlike a normal C heap, the administrative structures are separate from the managed
+ * memory. This has been done as the sizes and bases of objects are not in themselves sensitive
+ * information, as to conserve precious locked memory. In some operating systems
+ * the amount of memory that can be locked is small.
+ */
+class LockedPool
+{
+public:
+    /** Size of one arena of locked memory. This is a compromise.
+     * Do not set this too low, as managing many arenas will increase
+     * allocation and deallocation overhead. Setting it too high allocates
+     * more locked memory from the OS than strictly necessary.
+     */
+    static const size_t ARENA_SIZE = 256*1024;
+    /** Chunk alignment. Another compromise. Setting this too high will waste
+     * memory, setting it too low will facilitate fragmentation.
+     */
+    static const size_t ARENA_ALIGN = 16;
+
+    /** Callback when allocation succeeds but locking fails.
+     */
+    typedef bool (*LockingFailed_Callback)();
+
+    /** Memory statistics. */
+    struct Stats
+    {
+        size_t used;
+        size_t free;
+        size_t total;
+        size_t locked;
+        size_t chunks_used;
+        size_t chunks_free;
+    };
+
+    /** Create a new LockedPool. This takes ownership of the MemoryPageLocker,
+     * you can only instantiate this with LockedPool(std::move(...)).
+     *
+     * The second argument is an optional callback when locking a newly allocated arena failed.
+     * If this callback is provided and returns false, the allocation fails (hard fail), if
+     * it returns true the allocation proceeds, but it could warn.
+     */
+    LockedPool(std::unique_ptr<LockedPageAllocator> allocator, LockingFailed_Callback lf_cb_in = 0);
+    ~LockedPool();
+
+    /** Allocate size bytes from this arena.
+     * Returns pointer on success, or 0 if memory is full or
+     * the application tried to allocate 0 bytes.
+     */
+    void* alloc(size_t size);
+
+    /** Free a previously allocated chunk of memory.
+     * Freeing the zero pointer has no effect.
+     * Raises std::runtime_error in case of error.
+     */
+    void free(void *ptr);
+
+    /** Get pool usage statistics */
+    Stats stats() const;
+private:
+    LockedPool(const LockedPool& other) = delete; // non construction-copyable
+    LockedPool& operator=(const LockedPool&) = delete; // non copyable
+
+    std::unique_ptr<LockedPageAllocator> allocator;
+
+    /** Create an arena from locked pages */
+    class LockedPageArena: public Arena
+    {
+    public:
+        LockedPageArena(LockedPageAllocator *alloc_in, void *base_in, size_t size, size_t align);
+        ~LockedPageArena();
+    private:
+        void *base;
+        size_t size;
+        LockedPageAllocator *allocator;
+    };
+
+    bool new_arena(size_t size, size_t align);
+
+    std::list<LockedPageArena> arenas;
+    LockingFailed_Callback lf_cb;
+    size_t cumulative_bytes_locked;
+    /** Mutex protects access to this pool's data structures, including arenas.
+     */
+    mutable std::mutex mutex;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Singleton class to keep track of locked (ie, non-swappable) memory, for use in
+ * std::allocator templates.
+ *
+ * Some implementations of the STL allocate memory in some constructors (i.e., see
+ * MSVC's vector<T> implementation where it allocates 1 byte of memory in the allocator.)
+ * Due to the unpredictable order of static initializers, we have to make sure the
+ * LockedPoolManager instance exists before any other STL-based objects that use
+ * secure_allocator are created. So instead of having LockedPoolManager also be
+ * static-initialized, it is created on demand.
+ */
+class LockedPoolManager : public LockedPool
+{
+public:
+    /** Return the current instance, or create it once */
+    static LockedPoolManager& Instance()
+    {
+        std::call_once(LockedPoolManager::init_flag, LockedPoolManager::CreateInstance);
+        return *LockedPoolManager::_instance;
+    }
+
+private:
+    LockedPoolManager(std::unique_ptr<LockedPageAllocator> allocator);
+
+    /** Create a new LockedPoolManager specialized to the OS */
+    static void CreateInstance();
+    /** Called when locking fails, warn the user here */
+    static bool LockingFailed();
+
+    static LockedPoolManager* _instance;
+    static std::once_flag init_flag;
+};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_SUPPORT_LOCKEDPOOL_H