dblalock

/* Allocate aligned memory in a portable way.
 *
 * Memory allocated with aligned alloc *MUST* be freed using aligned_free.
 *
 * @param alignment The number of bytes to which memory must be aligned. This
 *  value *must* be <= 255.
 * @param bytes The number of bytes to allocate.
 * @param zero If true, the returned memory will be zeroed. If false, the
 *  contents of the returned memory are undefined.
 * @returns A pointer to `size` bytes of memory, aligned to an `alignment`-byte