[PATCH 0/9] tlsf: use 8-byte alignment for normal malloc allocations

[Ahmad Fatoum]

On 14.10.22 10:54, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 05:53:58PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> TLSF currently uses only 4-byte alignment on 32-bit platforms, which isn't
>> enough for ldrd/strd on ARMv7. This series reworks TLSF a bit, so we always
>> have at least 8 byte alignment.  dlmalloc already has 8 byte alignment
>> minimum, so nothing to do there.
>>
>> While this fixes real issues like what Enrico ran into, I'd suggest we only
>> this be taken into next only after v2022.10.0 is tagged, so this can get
>> some more testing exposure in the mean time.
>>
>> Ahmad Fatoum (9):
>>   test: include <linux/printk.h>
>>   tlsf: use bselftest for testing ffs/fls
>>   tlsf: ensure malloc pool is aligned
>>   tlsf: fix sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(void *) assumption
>>   tlsf: decouple maximum allocation size from sizeof(size_t)
>>   tlsf: use 8-byte alignment for normal malloc allocations
>>   common: malloc: ensure alignment is always at least 8 byte
>>   test: self: refactor to allow alignment check
>>   test: self: malloc: fix memory leaks
> 
> Applied, thanks

Please drop series again. Reported breaking boot on i.MX6Q.
Need to revisit.

> 
> Sascha
> 
>>
>>  common/Kconfig        |  5 +++
>>  common/dlmalloc.c     |  3 ++
>>  common/dummy_malloc.c |  2 +-
>>  common/tlsf.c         | 72 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>  include/bselftest.h   |  1 +
>>  test/self/malloc.c    | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  6 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.30.2
>>
>>
>>
> 


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