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+/* Define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT for malloc.  Generic version.
+   Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _GENERIC_MALLOC_ALIGNMENT_H
+#define _GENERIC_MALLOC_ALIGNMENT_H
+
+/* MALLOC_ALIGNMENT is the minimum alignment for malloc'ed chunks.  It
+   must be a power of two at least 2 * SIZE_SZ, even on machines for
+   which smaller alignments would suffice. It may be defined as larger
+   than this though. Note however that code and data structures are
+   optimized for the case of 8-byte alignment.  */
+#define MALLOC_ALIGNMENT (2 * SIZE_SZ < __alignof__ (long double) \
+			  ? __alignof__ (long double) : 2 * SIZE_SZ)
+
+
+#endif /* !defined(_GENERIC_MALLOC_ALIGNMENT_H) */