Re: malloc and alignment

[Stefan Monnier]

> > So all we need is to make sure that those 8KB are properly aligned.
> > But how can I do that ?
> > It seems the only reliable way is to malloc 16KB and then waste
> > the 8KB that happen to be before/after the aligned part.
> > 
> > Should I just wrap malloc in my own malloc_aligned such that
> > malloc_aligned calls malloc to allocate chunks of say 1MB
> > and then gives them out in aligned packets of 8KB ?
> 
> You could use `memalign'....

How standard is it ?


        Stefan