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Subject: Re: kmalloc() alignment
To: kenn@linux.ie (Kenn Humborg)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:34:31 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <20010304221711.A1023@excalibur.research.wombat.ie> from "Kenn Humborg" at Mar 04, 2001 10:17:11 PM
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> 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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