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Subject:	Re: memalign hooks (was: LIBM patch for GCC 3.3 - math changes)
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> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:27:48 -0400
> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> > 
> > I think we don't need any more hooks beyond those in malloc and
> > friends.
> 
> It may be necessary to put them in if only for consistency.  The
> end result of memalign will be the equivalent of a malloc, so if
> we want to catch arena errors etc. as early as possible the hooks
> will need to be there.

I have no objections to add such hooks, but it is not necessary to do
that for nmalloc to go into the next alpha.  So I'd suggest to finish
memalign interface first, which will allow Richard to proceed with
preparing the next pretest.  Then, if you feel like adding the hooks,
please do.

> I think memalign should also fail for alignment parameter < ALIGN
> value (i.e. 8 at present).

IMHO, it should behave in a way that is compatible with other
implementations.  Could someone please look on their nearest Unix or
GNU/Linux box and see what does memalign there do for such small
alignment parameters?  (Sorry, no time to do this myself.)

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