linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 16/21] decompress: Use 8 byte alignment

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Message-Id: <20230711091453.2543622-17-ardb@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:14:48 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH v6 16/21] decompress: Use 8 byte alignment

The ZSTD decompressor requires malloc() allocations to be 8 byte
aligned, so ensure that this the case.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/decompress/mm.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/mm.h b/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
index 9192986b1a731323..ac862422df158bef 100644
--- a/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ MALLOC_VISIBLE void *malloc(int size)
 	if (!malloc_ptr)
 		malloc_ptr = free_mem_ptr;
 
-	malloc_ptr = (malloc_ptr + 3) & ~3;     /* Align */
+	malloc_ptr = (malloc_ptr + 7) & ~7;     /* Align */
 
 	p = (void *)malloc_ptr;
 	malloc_ptr += size;
-- 
2.39.2