[bootstrappable] Re: [Tinycc-devel] Re: wip-full-source-bootstrap: from a 357-byte `hex0' to 'hello'

  • From: "Orians, Jeremiah (DTMB)" <OriansJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bootstrappable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bootstrappable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, grischka <grishka@xxxxxx>, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:36:26 +0000

If so, is libc malloc supposed to ensure alignment of allocated memory?
According to https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/malloc.3.html yes.
@Janneke: So our mes libc malloc should be aligning the stuff--but it's not 
doing it.  So it's a bug in our libc.

Looks like you'll have to waste 3.7bytes on average per malloc to always pad to 
the 8byte boundary. 

-Jeremiah

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