[U-Boot] [PATCH] malloc: Fix memalign not honoring alignment prior to full malloc init

Lokesh Vutla lokeshvutla at ti.com
Thu Mar 28 03:25:12 UTC 2019



On 27/03/19 11:47 PM, Andreas Dannenberg wrote:
> When using memalign() in a scenario where U-Boot is configured for full
> malloc support with simple malloc not explicitly enabled and before the
> full malloc support is initialized, a memory block is being allocated
> and returned without the alignment parameter getting honored.
> 
> Fix this issue by replacing the existing memalign pre-full malloc init
> logic with a call to memalign_simple() this way ensuring proper alignment
> of the returned memory block.
> 
> Fixes: ee038c58d519 ("malloc: Use malloc simple before malloc is fully initialized in memalign()")
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dannenberg <dannenberg at ti.com>
> ---

Good catch.

Reviewed-by: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla at ti.com>

Thanks and regards,
Lokesh


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