int bFree = 0;

    /* special cases */
    if (memblock == NULL)
    {
        return _aligned_offset_malloc_base(size, align, offset);
    }
    if (size == 0)
    {
        _aligned_free_base(memblock);
        return NULL;
    }

    /* validation section */
    _VALIDATE_RETURN(IS_2_POW_N(align), EINVAL, NULL);
    _VALIDATE_RETURN(offset == 0 || offset < size, EINVAL, NULL);

    stptr = (uintptr_t)memblock;

    /* ptr points to the pointer to starting of the memory block */
    stptr = (stptr & ~(PTR_SZ -1)) - PTR_SZ;

    /* ptr is the pointer to the start of memory block*/
    stptr = *((uintptr_t *)stptr);

    align = (align > PTR_SZ ? align : PTR_SZ) -1;
    /* gap = number of bytes needed to round up offset to align with PTR_SZ*/
    gap = (0 -offset)&(PTR_SZ -1);

    diff = (uintptr_t)memblock - stptr;
    /* Mov size is min of the size of data available and sizw requested.
     */
    CRT_WARNING_DISABLE_PUSH(22018, "Silence prefast about overflow/underflow");
    movsz = _msize((void *)stptr) - ((uintptr_t)memblock - stptr);
    CRT_WARNING_POP
    movsz = movsz > size? size: movsz;
    reqsz = PTR_SZ +gap +align +size;

    _VALIDATE_RETURN_NOEXC(size <= reqsz, ENOMEM, NULL);

    /* First check if we can expand(reducing or expanding using expand) data
     * safely, ie no data is lost. eg, reducing alignment and keeping size
     * same might result in loss of data at the tail of data block while
     * expanding.
     *
     * If no, use malloc to allocate the new data and move data.
     *
     * If yes, expand and then check if we need to move the data.
     */
    if ((stptr +align +PTR_SZ +gap)<(uintptr_t)memblock)
    {
        if ((ptr = (uintptr_t)malloc(reqsz)) == (uintptr_t) NULL)
            return NULL;
        bFree = 1;
    }
    else
    {
        /* we need to save errno, which can be modified by _expand */
        errno_t save_errno = errno;
        if ((ptr = (uintptr_t)_expand((void *)stptr, reqsz)) == (uintptr_t)NULL)
        {
            errno = save_errno;
            if ((ptr = (uintptr_t)malloc(reqsz)) == (uintptr_t) NULL)
                return NULL;
            bFree = 1;
        }
        else
            stptr = ptr;
    }


    if ( ptr == ((uintptr_t)memblock - diff)
         && !( ((size_t)memblock + gap +offset) & ~(align) ))
    {
        return memblock;
    }

    retptr =((ptr +PTR_SZ +gap +align +offset)&~align)- offset;
    memmove((void *)retptr, (void *)(stptr + diff), movsz);
    if ( bFree)
        free ((void *)stptr);

    ((uintptr_t *)(retptr - gap))[-1] = ptr;
    return (void *)retptr;
}


/***
*
* size_t _aligned_msize_base(void *memblock, size_t align, size_t offset)
*
* Purpose:
*       Computes the size of an aligned block.
*
* Entry:
*       void * memblock - pointer to the aligned block of memory
*
* Exceptions:
*       None. If memblock == NULL 0 is returned.
*
*******************************************************************************/

size_t __cdecl _aligned_msize_base(void *memblock, size_t align, size_t offset)
{
    size_t header_size = 0; /* Size of the header block */
    size_t footer_size = 0; /* Size of the footer block */
    size_t total_size  = 0; /* total size of the allocated block */
    size_t user_size   = 0; /* size of the user block*/
    uintptr_t gap      = 0; /* keep the alignment of the data block */
                             /* after the sizeof(void*) aligned pointer */
                             /* to the beginning of the allocated block */
    uintptr_t ptr      = 0; /* computes the beginning of the allocated block */

    _VALIDATE_RETURN (memblock != NULL, EINVAL, -1);

    /* HEADER SIZE + FOOTER SIZE = GAP + ALIGN + SIZE OF A POINTER*/
    /* HEADER SIZE + USER SIZE + FOOTER SIZE = TOTAL SIZE */

    ptr = (uintptr_t)memblock;            /* ptr points to the start of the aligned memory block */
    ptr = (ptr & ~(PTR_SZ - 1)) - PTR_SZ; /* ptr is one position behind memblock */
                                          /* the value in ptr is the start of the real allocated block */
    ptr = *((uintptr_t *)ptr);            /* after dereference ptr points to the beginning of the allocated block */

    total_size = _msize((void*)ptr);
    header_size = (uintptr_t) memblock - ptr;
    gap = (0 - offset) & (PTR_SZ - 1);
    /* Alignment cannot be less than sizeof(void*) */
    align = (align > PTR_SZ ? align : PTR_SZ) -1;
    footer_size = gap + align + PTR_SZ - header_size;
    user_size = total_size - header_size - footer_size;

    return user_size;
}

/***
*
* void *_aligned_offset_recalloc_base (void * memblock, size_t size, size_t count, size_t alignment, int offset)
*       - Reallocate a block of memory from the heap.
*
* Purpose:
*       Reallocates a block of memory which is shifted by offset from
*       alignment of at least size bytes from the heap and return a pointer
*       to it. Size can be either greater or less than the original size of the
*       block.
*
* Entry:
*       void *memblock - pointer to block in the heap previously allocated by
*               call to _aligned_malloc(), _aligned_offset_malloc(),
*               _aligned_realloc() or _aligned_offset_realloc().
*       size_t count - count of items
*       size_t size - size of items
*       size_t alignment - alignment of memory
*       size_t offset - offset of memory from the alignment
*
* Exit:
*       Success: Pointer to re-allocated memory block
*       Failure: Null, errno is set
*
* Exceptions:
*       Input parameters are validated. Refer to the validation section of the function.
*
*******************************************************************************/

void * __cdecl _aligned_offset_recalloc_base(
    void * memblock,
    size_t count,
    size_t size,
    size_t align,
    size_t offset
    )
{
    size_t user_size  = 0;    /* wanted size, passed to aligned realoc */
    size_t start_fill = 0;    /* location where aligned recalloc starts to fill with 0 */
                              /* filling must start from the end of the previous user block */
    void * retptr     = NULL; /* result of aligned recalloc*/
    uintptr_t ptr     = 0;    /* points to the beginning of the allocated block*/

    /* ensure that (size * num) does not overflow */
    if (count > 0)
    {
        _VALIDATE_RETURN_NOEXC((_HEAP_MAXREQ / count) >= size, ENOMEM, NULL);
    }

    user_size = size * count;

    if (memblock != NULL)
    {
        start_fill = _aligned_msize(memblock, align, offset);
    }

    retptr = _aligned_offset_realloc_base(memblock, user_size, align, offset);

    if (retptr != NULL)
    {
        if (start_fill < user_size)
        {
            memset ((char*)retptr + start_fill, 0, user_size - start_fill);
        }
    }
    return retptr;
}

/***
*
* void *_aligned_free_base(void *memblock)
*       - Free the memory which was allocated using _aligned_malloc or
*       _aligned_offset_memory
*
* Purpose:
*       Frees the aligned memory block which was allocated using _aligned_malloc.
*
* Entry:
*       void * memblock - pointer to the block of memory
*
* Exceptions:
*       None. If memblock == NULL we simply return without doing anything.
*
*******************************************************************************/

void  __cdecl _aligned_free_base(void *memblock)
{
    uintptr_t ptr;

    if (memblock == NULL)
        return;

    ptr = (uintptr_t)memblock;

    /* ptr points to the pointer to starting of the memory block */
    ptr = (ptr & ~(PTR_SZ -1)) - PTR_SZ;

    /* ptr is the pointer to the start of memory block*/
    ptr = *((uintptr_t *)ptr);
    free((void *)ptr);
}