text: #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  
  /*
   *      Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Team XBMC
   *      http://www.xbmc.org
   *
   *  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   *  any later version.
   *
   *  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
   *  GNU General Public License for more details.
   *
   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *  along with XBMC; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
   *  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
   *  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
   *
   */
  
  #include "XMemUtils.h"
  
  #undef ALIGN
  #define ALIGN(value, alignment) (((value)+(alignment-1))&~(alignment-1))
  
  // aligned memory allocation.
  // in order to do so - we alloc extra space and store the original allocation in it (so that we can free later on).
  // the returned address will be the nearest alligned address within the space allocated.
  void *_aligned_malloc(size_t s, size_t alignTo) {
  
    char *pFull = (char*)malloc(s + alignTo + sizeof(char *));
    char *pAlligned = (char *)ALIGN(((unsigned long)pFull + sizeof(char *)), alignTo);
  
    *(char **)(pAlligned - sizeof(char*)) = pFull;
  
    return(pAlligned);
  }
  
  void _aligned_free(void *p) {
    if (!p)
      return;
  
    char *pFull = *(char **)(((char *)p) - sizeof(char *));
    free(pFull);
  }
  
  
  