+
+/// aligned_ttmem_alloc will return suitably aligned memory, and if possible use large pages.
+/// The returned pointer is the aligned one, while the mem argument is the one that needs to be passed to free.
+/// With c++17 some of this functionality can be simplified.
+#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
+
+void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void*& mem) {
+
+ constexpr size_t alignment = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // assumed 2MB page sizes
+ size_t size = ((allocSize + alignment - 1) / alignment) * alignment; // multiple of alignment
+ mem = aligned_alloc(alignment, size);
+ madvise(mem, allocSize, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+ return mem;
+}
+
+#else
+
+void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void*& mem) {
+
+ constexpr size_t alignment = 64; // assumed cache line size
+ size_t size = allocSize + alignment - 1; // allocate some extra space
+ mem = malloc(size);
+ void* ret = reinterpret_cast<void*>((uintptr_t(mem) + alignment - 1) & ~uintptr_t(alignment - 1));
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+