APE malloc on amd64 not 64bit alligned.

APE malloc on amd64 not 64bit alligned.

[Trevor Higgins]

I don't know if this is just an FYI or if it should be classified as a bug.

99% of APE mallocs return XXXX4 or XXXXC , with 1% being XXXXXX0.

The kernel returns 96% XXXXX0 and 4% XXXXX8 (in one test of 1M random 
sized mallocs).

Should APE malloc on amd64 return 64bit alligned pointers?


Are many people using amd64 9front ?

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Re: [9front] APE malloc on amd64 not 64bit alligned.

[ori]

> I don't know if this is just an FYI or if it should be classified as a bug.
> 
> 99% of APE mallocs return XXXX4 or XXXXC , with 1% being XXXXXX0.
> 
> The kernel returns 96% XXXXX0 and 4% XXXXX8 (in one test of 1M random 
> sized mallocs).
> 
> Should APE malloc on amd64 return 64bit alligned pointers?
> 
> 
> Are many people using amd64 9front ?

we're *technically* within spec, since amd64
doesn't care about alignment unless you're
using the vector registers, so we're within
our rights to define the max alignment of a
type as 4.

it'd probably be a good idea to change it, since
some ported software may make assumptions.

yes, I'm on amd64.