+ * @return
+ * A pointer to a correctly-filled read-only memzone descriptor, or NULL
+ * on error.
+ * On error case, rte_errno will be set appropriately:
+ * - E_RTE_NO_CONFIG - function could not get pointer to rte_config structure
+ * - E_RTE_SECONDARY - function was called from a secondary process instance
+ * - ENOSPC - the maximum number of memzones has already been allocated
+ * - EEXIST - a memzone with the same name already exists
+ * - ENOMEM - no appropriate memory area found in which to create memzone
+ * - EINVAL - invalid parameters
+ */
+const struct rte_memzone *rte_memzone_reserve_aligned(const char *name,
+ size_t len, int socket_id,
+ unsigned flags, unsigned align);
+
+/**
+ * Reserve a portion of physical memory with specified alignment and
+ * boundary.
+ *
+ * This function reserves some memory with specified alignment and
+ * boundary, and returns a pointer to a correctly filled memzone
+ * descriptor. If the allocation cannot be done or if the alignment
+ * or boundary are not a power of 2, returns NULL.
+ * Memory buffer is reserved in a way, that it wouldn't cross specified
+ * boundary. That implies that requested length should be less or equal
+ * then boundary.
+ * Note: A reserved zone cannot be freed.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ * The name of the memzone. If it already exists, the function will
+ * fail and return NULL.
+ * @param len
+ * The size of the memory to be reserved. If it
+ * is 0, the biggest contiguous zone will be reserved.