NativeAllocator.java

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package org.apache.cassandra.io.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import sun.misc.Unsafe;

public class NativeAllocator implements IAllocator
{
    static final Unsafe unsafe;
    static
    {
        try
        {
            Field field = sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
            field.setAccessible(true);
            unsafe = (sun.misc.Unsafe) field.get(null);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw new AssertionError(e);
        }
    }

    public long allocate(long size)
    {
        return unsafe.allocateMemory(size);
    }

    public void free(long peer)
    {
        unsafe.freeMemory(peer);
    }

}