csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Memory/NativeMemoryAllocator.cs

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using System;
using System.Buffers;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Apache.Arrow.Memory
{
    public class NativeMemoryAllocator : MemoryAllocator
    {
        public NativeMemoryAllocator(int alignment = DefaultAlignment) 
            : base(alignment) { }

        protected override IMemoryOwner<byte> AllocateInternal(int length, out int bytesAllocated)
        {
            // TODO: Ensure memory is released if exception occurs.

            // TODO: Optimize storage overhead; native memory manager stores a pointer
            // to allocated memory, offset, and the allocation size. 

            // TODO: Should the allocation be moved to NativeMemory?

            int size = length + Alignment;
            IntPtr ptr =  Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
            int offset = (int)(Alignment - (ptr.ToInt64() & (Alignment - 1)));
            var manager = new NativeMemoryManager(ptr, offset, length);

            bytesAllocated = (length + Alignment);

            GC.AddMemoryPressure(bytesAllocated);

            // Ensure all allocated memory is zeroed.
            manager.Memory.Span.Fill(0);

            return manager;
        }
    }
}