[PATCH 6.1 140/215] decompress: Use 8 byte alignment

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



6.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 8217ad0a435ff06d651d7298ea8ae8d72388179e upstream.

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

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807162720.545787-19-ardb@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/decompress/mm.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- 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;






[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Development Newbies]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux