+void adns__search_next(adns_state ads, adns_query qu, struct timeval now);
+/* Walks down the searchlist for a query with adns_qf_search.
+ * The query should have just had a negative response, or not had
+ * any queries sent yet, and should not be on any queue.
+ * The query_dgram if any will be freed and forgotten and a new
+ * one constructed from the search_* members of the query.
+ *
+ * Cannot fail (in case of error, calls adns__query_fail).
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_interim(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+void *adns__alloc_preserved(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Allocates some memory, and records which query it came from
+ * and how much there was.
+ *
+ * If an error occurs in the query, all the memory from _interim is
+ * simply freed. If the query succeeds, one large buffer will be made
+ * which is big enough for all these allocations, and then
+ * adns__alloc_final will get memory from this buffer.
+ *
+ * _alloc_interim can fail (and return 0).
+ * The caller must ensure that the query is failed.
+ *
+ * The memory from _preserved is is kept and transferred into the
+ * larger buffer - unless we run out of memory, in which case it too
+ * is freed. When you use _preserved you have to add code to the
+ * x_nomem error exit case in adns__makefinal_query to clear out the
+ * pointers you made to those allocations, because that's when they're
+ * thrown away; you should also make a note in the declaration of
+ * those pointer variables, to note that they are _preserved rather
+ * than _interim. If they're in the answer, note it here:
+ * answer->cname and answer->owner are _preserved.
+ */
+
+void adns__transfer_interim(adns_query from, adns_query to, void *block, size_t sz);
+/* Transfers an interim allocation from one query to another, so that
+ * the `to' query will have room for the data when we get to makefinal
+ * and so that the free will happen when the `to' query is freed
+ * rather than the `from' query.
+ *
+ * It is legal to call adns__transfer_interim with a null pointer; this
+ * has no effect.
+ *
+ * _transfer_interim also ensures that the expiry time of the `to' query
+ * is no later than that of the `from' query, so that child queries'
+ * TTLs get inherited by their parents.
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_mine(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Like _interim, but does not record the length for later
+ * copying into the answer. This just ensures that the memory
+ * will be freed when we're done with the query.
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_final(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Cannot fail, and cannot return 0.
+ */
+
+void adns__makefinal_block(adns_query qu, void **blpp, size_t sz);
+void adns__makefinal_str(adns_query qu, char **strp);
+
+void adns__reset_preserved(adns_query qu);
+/* Resets all of the memory management stuff etc. to take account of
+ * only the _preserved stuff from _alloc_preserved. Used when we find
+ * an error somewhere and want to just report the error (with perhaps
+ * CNAME, owner, etc. info), and also when we're halfway through RRs
+ * in a datagram and discover that we need to retry the query.
+ */
+
+void adns__query_done(adns_query qu);
+void adns__query_fail(adns_query qu, adns_status stat);
+