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> > It looks like it assumes sbrk() does that for it.  It does round the
> > requested size up to an 8 byte multiple.
> 
> But isn't the pointer returned to the application is 4 bytes after the
> address returned by sbrk?  If so, how can it be aligned?

It doesn't align to 8 bytes.  It rounds the *size* up to 8 bytes.

Malloc doesn't need to align to "optimum" alignment.  It only needs
align to "required" alignment.  If we need to increase the alignment,
then we will.