jrtc27 wrote:

> I had to do something very similar for CHERI downstream: We have to ensure 
> that all globals are precisely representable (which may require rounding up 
> the size+alignment) so you don't end up creating bounds that include adjacent 
> ones. The original patch from 2019 is here: 
> [CTSRD-CHERI/llvm-project@fd224dd](https://github.com/CTSRD-CHERI/llvm-project/commit/fd224dddafefbed3b068a0afc1a242bf8eb65d20)
> 
> I wonder if it would be possible have a hook that CHERI can reuse downstream: 
> something like: `getRequiredGlobalAlignment()` and `getRequiredGlobalSize()`. 
> For MTE this could return 16 for alignment and round the size up to a 
> multiple of 16 and after the next merge the CHERI downstream could reuse 
> those hooks.
> 
> Adding @jrtc27 for visibility.

As far as I can tell this feedback was completely ignored?..

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/111918
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