Re: kmalloc() alignment

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:34:31 +0000 (GMT)

> Does kmalloc() make any guarantees of the alignment of allocated
> blocks? Will the returned block always be 4-, 8- or 16-byte
> aligned, for example?

There are people who assume 16byte alignment guarantees. I dont think anyone
has formally specified the guarantee beyond 4 bytes tho
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