x86_64: Should the -mavx* options affected __alignof__ (max_align_t)?

[Florian Weimer]

On 04/02/2015 10:40 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:

> So, max_align_t is an object type, and therefore malloc returns a
> pointer suitable for max_align_t.

Then the GCC definition of max_align_t is incorrect, it should be 8 on
x86_64 GNU/Linux, because traditionally, that's what mallocs implement
for this architecture.  (dlmalloc in glibc is an exception.)

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security