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   pub fn map(n: usize, alignment: mem.Alignment) ?[*]u8 {
    const page_size = std.heap.pageSize();
    if (n >= maxInt(usize) - page_size) return null;
    const alignment_bytes = alignment.toByteUnits();
    if (native_os == .windows) {
        var base_addr: ?*anyopaque = null;
        var size: windows.SIZE_T = n;
        var status = ntdll.NtAllocateVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&base_addr), 0, &size, windows.MEM_COMMIT | windows.MEM_RESERVE, windows.PAGE_READWRITE);
        if (status == SUCCESS and mem.isAligned(@intFromPtr(base_addr), alignment_bytes)) {
            return @ptrCast(base_addr);
        }
        if (status == SUCCESS) {
            var region_size: windows.SIZE_T = 0;
            _ = ntdll.NtFreeVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&base_addr), ®ion_size, windows.MEM_RELEASE);
        }
        const overalloc_len = n + alignment_bytes - page_size;
        const aligned_len = mem.alignForward(usize, n, page_size);
        base_addr = null;
        size = overalloc_len;
        status = ntdll.NtAllocateVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&base_addr), 0, &size, windows.MEM_RESERVE | MEM_RESERVE_PLACEHOLDER, windows.PAGE_NOACCESS);
        if (status != SUCCESS) return null;
        const placeholder_addr = @intFromPtr(base_addr);
        const aligned_addr = mem.alignForward(usize, placeholder_addr, alignment_bytes);
        const prefix_size = aligned_addr - placeholder_addr;
        if (prefix_size > 0) {
            var prefix_base = base_addr;
            var prefix_size_param: windows.SIZE_T = prefix_size;
            _ = ntdll.NtFreeVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&prefix_base), &prefix_size_param, windows.MEM_RELEASE | MEM_PRESERVE_PLACEHOLDER);
        }
        const suffix_start = aligned_addr + aligned_len;
        const suffix_size = (placeholder_addr + overalloc_len) - suffix_start;
        if (suffix_size > 0) {
            var suffix_base = @as(?*anyopaque, @ptrFromInt(suffix_start));
            var suffix_size_param: windows.SIZE_T = suffix_size;
            _ = ntdll.NtFreeVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&suffix_base), &suffix_size_param, windows.MEM_RELEASE | MEM_PRESERVE_PLACEHOLDER);
        }
        base_addr = @ptrFromInt(aligned_addr);
        size = aligned_len;
        status = ntdll.NtAllocateVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&base_addr), 0, &size, windows.MEM_COMMIT | MEM_PRESERVE_PLACEHOLDER, windows.PAGE_READWRITE);
        if (status == SUCCESS) {
            return @ptrCast(base_addr);
        }
        base_addr = @as(?*anyopaque, @ptrFromInt(aligned_addr));
        size = aligned_len;
        _ = ntdll.NtFreeVirtualMemory(windows.GetCurrentProcess(), @ptrCast(&base_addr), &size, windows.MEM_RELEASE);
        return null;
    }
    const aligned_len = mem.alignForward(usize, n, page_size);
    const max_drop_len = alignment_bytes - @min(alignment_bytes, page_size);
    const overalloc_len = if (max_drop_len <= aligned_len - n)
        aligned_len
    else
        mem.alignForward(usize, aligned_len + max_drop_len, page_size);
    const hint = @atomicLoad(@TypeOf(std.heap.next_mmap_addr_hint), &std.heap.next_mmap_addr_hint, .unordered);
    const slice = posix.mmap(
        hint,
        overalloc_len,
        posix.PROT.READ | posix.PROT.WRITE,
        .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .ANONYMOUS = true },
        -1,
        0,
    ) catch return null;
    const result_ptr = mem.alignPointer(slice.ptr, alignment_bytes) orelse return null;
    // Unmap the extra bytes that were only requested in order to guarantee
    // that the range of memory we were provided had a proper alignment in it
    // somewhere. The extra bytes could be at the beginning, or end, or both.
    const drop_len = result_ptr - slice.ptr;
    if (drop_len != 0) posix.munmap(slice[0..drop_len]);
    const remaining_len = overalloc_len - drop_len;
    if (remaining_len > aligned_len) posix.munmap(@alignCast(result_ptr[aligned_len..remaining_len]));
    const new_hint: [*]align(page_size_min) u8 = @alignCast(result_ptr + aligned_len);
    _ = @cmpxchgStrong(@TypeOf(std.heap.next_mmap_addr_hint), &std.heap.next_mmap_addr_hint, hint, new_hint, .monotonic, .monotonic);
    return result_ptr;
}