[Gnu-morello] Re: [PATCH] libiberty: Account for CHERI alignment requirement in objalloc

Hi Alex,

OK for Morello branch.

Thanks!

On 11/2/22 11:48, Alex Coplan wrote:

Hi,

The calculation of OBJALLOC_ALIGN in include/objalloc.h ensures that allocations are sufficiently aligned for doubles, but on CHERI architectures it is possible that void * has a greater alignment requirement than double.

Instead of deriving the alignment requirement from double alone, this patch uses a union to compute the maximum alignment between double and void *.

This fixes alignment faults seen when compiling the binutils for pure-capability Morello. With this patch applied, the majority of binutils tests pass when the binutils themselves are compiled for purecap.

This patch is a backport of commit a8af417a8a1559a3ebceb0c761cf26ebce5eab7f, initially upstreamed to Morello GCC.

OK for morello branch?

Thanks, Alex