-void *big_alloc(unsigned int len);
-void big_free(void *start, unsigned int len);
+void *page_alloc(u64 len) LIKE_MALLOC; // allocates a multiple of CPU_PAGE_SIZE bytes with mmap
+void *page_alloc_zero(u64 len) LIKE_MALLOC;
+void page_free(void *start, u64 len);
+void *page_realloc(void *start, u64 old_len, u64 new_len);
+
+void *big_alloc(u64 len) LIKE_MALLOC; // allocate a large memory block in the most efficient way available
+void *big_alloc_zero(u64 len) LIKE_MALLOC;
+void big_free(void *start, u64 len);