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diff --git a/support/support_shared_allocate.c b/support/support_shared_allocate.c
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+/* Allocate a memory region shared across processes.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+/* Header for the allocation.  It contains the size of the allocation
+   for subsequent unmapping.  */
+struct header
+{
+  size_t total_size;
+  char data[] __attribute__ ((aligned (__alignof__ (max_align_t))));
+};
+
+void *
+support_shared_allocate (size_t size)
+{
+  size_t total_size = size + offsetof (struct header, data);
+  if (total_size < size)
+    {
+      errno = ENOMEM;
+      oom_error (__func__, size);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      struct header *result = xmmap (NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                     MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED, -1);
+      result->total_size = total_size;
+      return &result->data;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_shared_free (void *data)
+{
+  struct header *header = data - offsetof (struct header, data);
+  xmunmap (header, header->total_size);
+}