+/**
+ * This function allocates memory from the huge-page area of memory. The memory
+ * is not cleared.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * A string identifying the type of allocated objects (useful for debug
+ * purposes, such as identifying the cause of a memory leak). Can be NULL.
+ * @param size
+ * Size (in bytes) to be allocated.
+ * @param align
+ * If 0, the return is a pointer that is suitably aligned for any kind of
+ * variable (in the same manner as malloc()).
+ * Otherwise, the return is a pointer that is a multiple of *align*. In
+ * this case, it must be a power of two. (Minimum alignment is the
+ * cacheline size, i.e. 64-bytes)
+ * @param socket
+ * NUMA socket to allocate memory on. If SOCKET_ID_ANY is used, this function
+ * will behave the same as rte_malloc().
+ * @return
+ * - NULL on error. Not enough memory, or invalid arguments (size is 0,
+ * align is not a power of two).
+ * - Otherwise, the pointer to the allocated object.
+ */
+void *
+rte_malloc_socket(const char *type, size_t size, unsigned align, int socket);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate zero'ed memory from the heap.
+ *
+ * Equivalent to rte_malloc() except that the memory zone is
+ * initialised with zeros.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * A string identifying the type of allocated objects (useful for debug
+ * purposes, such as identifying the cause of a memory leak). Can be NULL.
+ * @param size
+ * Size (in bytes) to be allocated.
+ * @param align
+ * If 0, the return is a pointer that is suitably aligned for any kind of
+ * variable (in the same manner as malloc()).
+ * Otherwise, the return is a pointer that is a multiple of *align*. In
+ * this case, it must obviously be a power of two. (Minimum alignment is the
+ * cacheline size, i.e. 64-bytes)
+ * @param socket
+ * NUMA socket to allocate memory on. If SOCKET_ID_ANY is used, this function
+ * will behave the same as rte_zmalloc().
+ * @return
+ * - NULL on error. Not enough memory, or invalid arguments (size is 0,
+ * align is not a power of two).
+ * - Otherwise, the pointer to the allocated object.
+ */
+void *
+rte_zmalloc_socket(const char *type, size_t size, unsigned align, int socket);
+
+/**
+ * Replacement function for calloc(), using huge-page memory. Memory area is
+ * initialised with zeros.
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * A string identifying the type of allocated objects (useful for debug
+ * purposes, such as identifying the cause of a memory leak). Can be NULL.
+ * @param num
+ * Number of elements to be allocated.
+ * @param size
+ * Size (in bytes) of a single element.
+ * @param align
+ * If 0, the return is a pointer that is suitably aligned for any kind of
+ * variable (in the same manner as malloc()).
+ * Otherwise, the return is a pointer that is a multiple of *align*. In
+ * this case, it must obviously be a power of two. (Minimum alignment is the
+ * cacheline size, i.e. 64-bytes)
+ * @param socket
+ * NUMA socket to allocate memory on. If SOCKET_ID_ANY is used, this function
+ * will behave the same as rte_calloc().
+ * @return
+ * - NULL on error. Not enough memory, or invalid arguments (size is 0,
+ * align is not a power of two).
+ * - Otherwise, the pointer to the allocated object.
+ */
+void *
+rte_calloc_socket(const char *type, size_t num, size_t size, unsigned align, int socket);
+