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Subject: Re: kernel memory allocations alignment
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"Hen, Shmulik" wrote:
> 
> When using kmalloc(size_t size), do I get a guaranty that the memory region
> allocated is aligned according to the size specified ?
> More to the point, if I call kmalloc for type int on an IA64 architecture is
> the pointer going to be 8 bytes aligned ?
>

Yes, kmalloc results are always 'sizeof(void*)' aligned.

Do you have stricter alignment requirements?

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	Manfred
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