linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: alloc: satisfy `aligned

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Message-ID: <xn1pw6o63l.fsf@greed.delorie.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:01:50 -0500
From: DJ Delorie <dj@...hat.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: alloc: satisfy `aligned_alloc` requirements

Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org> writes:
> On retrospective, we should have added some more details to that commit
> message.  DJ, has the requirement of the size been lifted?  Was it never
> present?

The current code checks alignment but not size.

It looks like that was always the case.

And no, I don't remember where I got the size requirement from ;-)
(but at least it says "should" instead of "must")