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authorRoland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>2012-05-21 11:13:10 -0700
committerRoland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>2012-05-21 11:13:10 -0700
commitcbc00a03986c5890f0a9d2c7cdac26b7606fe98c (patch)
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Set MALLOC_ALIGNMENT to at least __alignof__ (long double) for new ABIs.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--malloc/malloc.c24
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b4c591170..2e2beedd42 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-05-21  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
+
+	* malloc/malloc.c [!SHLIB_COMPAT (libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_16)]
+	(MALLOC_ALIGNMENT): Set it to the greater of 2 * SIZE_SZ and
+	__alignof__ (long double).
+
 2012-05-21  Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Update.
@@ -22,7 +28,8 @@
 	* sysdeps/sparc/sysdep.h: ... here.  Include it.
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/bits/hwcap.h: New file.
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/nptl/libc.abilist: Update.
-	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/nptl/libc.abilist: Update.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/fpu/nptl/libc.abilist:
+	Update.
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/nptl/libc.abilist: Update.
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/nptl/libc.abilist: Update.
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/nptl/libc.abilist: Update.
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index abe38723be..c216d26e65 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -337,16 +337,20 @@ __malloc_assert (const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned int line,
 
 
 #ifndef MALLOC_ALIGNMENT
-/* XXX This is the correct definition.  It differs from 2*SIZE_SZ only on
-   powerpc32.  For the time being, changing this is causing more
-   compatibility problems due to malloc_get_state/malloc_set_state than
-   will returning blocks not adequately aligned for long double objects
-   under -mlong-double-128.
-
-#define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT       (2 * SIZE_SZ < __alignof__ (long double) \
-				? __alignof__ (long double) : 2 * SIZE_SZ)
-*/
-#define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT       (2 * SIZE_SZ)
+# if !SHLIB_COMPAT (libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_16)
+/* This is the correct definition when there is no past ABI to constrain it.
+
+   Among configurations with a past ABI constraint, it differs from
+   2*SIZE_SZ only on powerpc32.  For the time being, changing this is
+   causing more compatibility problems due to malloc_get_state and
+   malloc_set_state than will returning blocks not adequately aligned for
+   long double objects under -mlong-double-128.  */
+
+#  define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT       (2 * SIZE_SZ < __alignof__ (long double) \
+				  ? __alignof__ (long double) : 2 * SIZE_SZ)
+# else
+#  define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT       (2 * SIZE_SZ)
+# endif
 #endif
 
 /* The corresponding bit mask value */