posix_memalign: New module.
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1 /* A posix_memalign() function that works around platform bugs.
2 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 #include <config.h>
19 /* Specification. */
20 #include <stdlib.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
24 int
25 posix_memalign (void **memptr, size_t alignment, size_t size)
26 #undef posix_memalign
28 /* Round up SIZE to the next multiple of ALIGNMENT, namely
29 (SIZE + ALIGNMENT - 1) & ~(ALIGNMENT - 1). */
30 size += alignment - 1;
31 if (size >= alignment - 1) /* no overflow? */
32 return posix_memalign (memptr, alignment, size & ~(size_t)(alignment - 1));
33 else
34 return ENOMEM;