microsoft / microsoft/mimalloc
The value that can be passed to the `offset` parameter of `mi_malloc_aligned_at()`
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Description
Code for passing a value that is not a multiple of the pointer size to the `offset` parameter of the `mi_malloc_aligned_at()` function and passing the returned pointer to the `mi_free()` function:
````c
#include "mimalloc.h"
int main(void) {
void *p = mi_malloc_aligned_at(50, 32, 4);
mi_free(p);
return 0;
}
````
in debug mode, you will get the following error message.
```
mimalloc: error: mi_free: invalid (unaligned) pointer: 0x2000000152f
````
Is it a specification that the value of the `offset` parameter must be a multiple of the pointer size?
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Start with the mi_malloc_aligned_at() and mi_free() declarations and documentation in mimalloc.h, using the provided C example as the reproduction case. Determine whether a non-pointer-size-multiple offset is supported and document the expected offset and freeing behavior; the issue is done when the specification is explicit.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
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- 2/5
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- Needs clarification
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- 35/100