From e786c2e12add1aa3078cba4c367764e4252748e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sadeep Madurange <sadeep@asciimx.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 12:58:31 +0800
Subject: Defined arena for memory management.

---
 .gitignore |  3 ++
 wv_err.h   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 wv_mem.c   | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 wv_mem.h   | 27 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 162 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 wv_err.h
 create mode 100644 wv_mem.c
 create mode 100644 wv_mem.h

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0b8288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**/*a.out
+**/*.swp
+**/*.core
diff --git a/wv_err.h b/wv_err.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43d5f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wv_err.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#ifndef WV_ERR_H
+#define WV_ERR_H
+
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+#include <err.h>
+#else
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static void err(int eval, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	fprintf(stderr, "wv: ");
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	fprintf(stderr, ": %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	va_end(ap);
+	exit(eval);
+}
+
+static void errx(int eval, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	fprintf(stderr, "wv: ");
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	va_end(ap);
+	exit(eval);
+}
+#endif /* !__OpenBSD__ */
+
+#endif /* WV_ERR_H */
diff --git a/wv_mem.c b/wv_mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb32dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wv_mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "wv_mem.h"
+#include "wv_err.h"
+
+/* Detect alignment pre-C11 */
+union wv_max_align { long l; double d; void *p; };
+
+#define WV_ALIGNOF(type) offsetof(struct { char c; type member; }, member)
+#define WV_ALIGNMENT  WV_ALIGNOF(union wv_max_align)
+#define WV_ALIGN_MASK (WV_ALIGNMENT - 1)
+
+#define WV_ARENA_MIN_SIZE  (256 * 1024)
+#define WV_ARENA_RESERVED  WV_ALIGNMENT  /* Reserve 0 as the sentinel "null" ref */
+
+struct wv_arena *wv_arena_create(size_t n)
+{
+	struct wv_arena *arena;
+
+	if (n < WV_ARENA_MIN_SIZE)
+		n = WV_ARENA_MIN_SIZE;
+
+	arena = malloc(sizeof(struct wv_arena));
+	if (arena == NULL)
+		err(1, "malloc arena struct");
+
+	arena->buf = malloc(n);
+	if (arena->buf == NULL)
+		err(1, "malloc arena buffer");
+
+	arena->size = n;
+	arena->offset = WV_ARENA_RESERVED;
+
+	return arena;
+}
+
+wv_ref wv_alloc(struct wv_arena *arena, size_t n)
+{
+	wv_ref ref;
+	unsigned char *new_buf;
+	size_t aligned_n, new_size;
+
+	if (n == 0)
+		errx(1, "wv_alloc: zero-size allocation");
+
+	if (n > SIZE_MAX - WV_ALIGN_MASK)
+		errx(1, "wv_alloc: allocation size overflow");
+
+	aligned_n = (n + WV_ALIGN_MASK) & ~WV_ALIGN_MASK;
+
+	if (aligned_n > SIZE_MAX - arena->offset)
+		errx(1, "wv_alloc: arena offset overflow");
+
+	if (arena->offset + aligned_n > arena->size) {
+		new_size = arena->size;
+		while (new_size < arena->offset + aligned_n) {
+			if (new_size > SIZE_MAX / 2)
+				errx(1, "wv_alloc: arena growth overflow");
+			new_size *= 2;
+		}
+
+		new_buf = realloc(arena->buf, new_size);
+		if (new_buf == NULL)
+			err(1, "realloc arena failed at %zu bytes", new_size);
+
+		arena->buf  = new_buf;
+		arena->size = new_size;
+	}
+
+	ref = (wv_ref)arena->offset;
+	arena->offset += aligned_n;
+	return ref;
+}
+
+void wv_arena_reset(struct wv_arena *arena)
+{
+	if (arena == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	memset(arena->buf, 0, arena->offset);
+	arena->offset = WV_ARENA_RESERVED;
+}
+
+void wv_arena_destroy(struct wv_arena *arena)
+{
+	if (arena == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	free(arena->buf);
+	free(arena);
+}
+
diff --git a/wv_mem.h b/wv_mem.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d23ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wv_mem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef WV_MEM_H
+#define WV_MEM_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* Relative offset into the arena */
+typedef uint32_t wv_ref;
+
+/* 0 is our 'NULL' */
+#define WV_REF_NULL 0
+
+/* Resolve a ref into a memory address */
+#define WV_ADDR(arena, ref) ((void *)((arena)->buf + (ref)))
+
+struct wv_arena {
+	size_t size;
+	size_t offset;
+	unsigned char *buf;
+};
+
+struct wv_arena*  wv_arena_create(size_t n);
+wv_ref            wv_alloc(struct wv_arena *arena, size_t n);
+void              wv_arena_reset(struct wv_arena *arena);
+void              wv_arena_destroy(struct wv_arena *arena);
+
+#endif /* WV_MEM_H */
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