diff --git a/libs/bump_allocator/.gitignore b/libs/bump_allocator/.gitignore
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+# Generated by Cargo
+/target/
diff --git a/libs/bump_allocator/Cargo.toml b/libs/bump_allocator/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+authors = ["Philipp Oppermann <dev@phil-opp.com>"]
+name = "bump_allocator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+spin = "0.3.5"
diff --git a/libs/bump_allocator/src/lib.rs b/libs/bump_allocator/src/lib.rs
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+#![feature(const_fn)]
+#![feature(allocator)]
+
+#![allocator]
+#![no_std]
+
+use spin::Mutex;
+
+extern crate spin;
+
+pub const HEAP_START: usize = 0o_000_001_000_000_0000;
+pub const HEAP_SIZE: usize = 100 * 1024; // 100 KiB
+
+static BUMP_ALLOCATOR: Mutex<BumpAllocator> = Mutex::new(
+    BumpAllocator::new(HEAP_START, HEAP_SIZE));
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct BumpAllocator {
+    heap_start: usize,
+    heap_size: usize,
+    next: usize,
+}
+
+impl BumpAllocator {
+    /// Create a new allocator, which uses the memory in the
+    /// range [heap_start, heap_start + heap_size).
+    const fn new(heap_start: usize, heap_size: usize) -> BumpAllocator {
+        BumpAllocator {
+            heap_start: heap_start,
+            heap_size: heap_size,
+            next: heap_start,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Allocates a block of memory with the given size and alignment.
+    fn allocate(&mut self, size: usize, align: usize) -> Option<*mut u8> {
+        let alloc_start = align_up(self.next, align);
+        let alloc_end = alloc_start + size;
+
+        if alloc_end <= self.heap_start + self.heap_size {
+            self.next = alloc_end;
+            Some(alloc_start as *mut u8)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Align downwards. Returns the greatest x with alignment `align`
+/// so that x <= addr. The alignment must be a power of 2.
+pub fn align_down(addr: usize, align: usize) -> usize {
+    if align.is_power_of_two() {
+        addr & !(align - 1)
+    } else if align == 0 {
+        addr
+    } else {
+        panic!("`align` must be a power of 2");
+    }
+}
+
+/// Align upwards. Returns the smallest x with alignment `align`
+/// so that x >= addr. The alignment must be a power of 2.
+pub fn align_up(addr: usize, align: usize) -> usize {
+    align_down(addr + align - 1, align)
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn __rust_allocate(size: usize, align: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+    BUMP_ALLOCATOR.lock().allocate(size, align).expect("out of memory")
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn __rust_deallocate(_ptr: *mut u8, _size: usize,
+    _align: usize)
+{
+    // just leak it
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn __rust_usable_size(size: usize, _align: usize) -> usize {
+    size
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn __rust_reallocate_inplace(_ptr: *mut u8, size: usize,
+    _new_size: usize, _align: usize) -> usize
+{
+    size
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern fn __rust_reallocate(ptr: *mut u8, size: usize, new_size: usize,
+                                align: usize) -> *mut u8 {
+    use core::{ptr, cmp};
+
+    // from: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/
+    //     c66d2380a810c9a2b3dbb4f93a830b101ee49cc2/
+    //     src/liballoc_system/lib.rs#L98-L101
+
+    let new_ptr = __rust_allocate(new_size, align);
+    unsafe { ptr::copy(ptr, new_ptr, cmp::min(size, new_size)) };
+    __rust_deallocate(ptr, size, align);
+    new_ptr
+}
+