On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:48:38 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Note that WG14 still defines a max alignment: >>> > max_align_t >> >> Can `MAX_MALLOC_ALIGN` be set to `alignof(max_align_t)`? >> >>> It's in the fact that libc guarantees that all malloc calls will be aligned >>> to that max alignment whereas WG14 does not (unless when you hold it at a >>> certain angle ;-) ) >> >> I think this comes back to >> https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2293.htm. > >> > Note that WG14 still defines a max alignment: >> > > max_align_t >> >> Can `MAX_MALLOC_ALIGN` be set to `alignof(max_align_t)`? >> >> > It's in the fact that libc guarantees that all malloc calls will be >> > aligned to that max alignment whereas WG14 does not (unless when you hold >> > it at a certain angle ;-) ) >> >> I think this comes back to >> https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2293.htm. > > That would be best, I think, but can also be addressed in a separate PR. @mcimadamore > but can also be addressed in a separate PR. Do you want me to send a patch? Will that need an entry in JBS? ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28235#issuecomment-3564244255
