[PATCH v3 4/4] malloc: alignment might change in future versions
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Thu Feb 26 12:47:59 GMT 2026
* Paul Eggert:
> diff --git a/manual/lang.texi b/manual/lang.texi
> index 28e7de2b2c..925cdacc1f 100644
> --- a/manual/lang.texi
> +++ b/manual/lang.texi
> @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ types have a fundamental alignment and lack stricter alignment specifiers.
> In @theglibc{}, the value of @code{alignof (max_align_t)} is 16 on
> most architectures. However, it is 8 on 32-bit architectures that do
> not require 16-byte alignment from @code{malloc} to support predefined
> -types.
> +types. The value may change in future releases.
Can we really change the definition of the type, though? That's close
to an ABI event.
Rest looks okay to me.
Thanks,
Florian
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