[Bug c++/49585] New: need a warning about new/malloc returning unsufficiently aligned memory

[Bug c++/49585] New: need a warning about new/malloc returning unsufficiently aligned memory

[sergey.v.maslov at intel dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49585

           Summary: need a warning about new/malloc returning
                    unsufficiently aligned memory
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: sergey.v.maslov@intel.com


Consider the following test case:

#define alignement 64

struct test {
public:
  int toto[100] __attribute__((aligned(alignement)));
};

int main () {
    test* t = new test();
    printf("%ld\n",(unsigned long)(&(t->toto[0])) % alignement);
    return 0;
}

This program typically prints a non-zero value, whereas customers would
actually expect 0. This is due to default "new" (presumably doing malloc) only
gurantees 16 byte alignment.

Compiler should detect when a default new operator is used to allocate
unsufficiently aligned memory, and issue a relevent user diagnostics.

BTW, this issues can cause severe stability problems in AVX compilation, where
32-byte is the typical requirement for 256-bit AVX data types.

[Bug c++/49585] need a warning about new/malloc returning unsufficiently aligned memory

[hjl.tools at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49585

H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
            Version|unknown                     |4.7.0
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #1 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2011-06-30 04:50:54 UTC ---
Dup.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 36159 ***