bpo-27987: pymalloc: align by 16bytes on 64bit platform (GH-12850)

methane · web-flow · commit f0be4bbb9b3c · 2019-05-14T18:51:15.000+09:00
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-04-16-11-52-21.bpo-27987.n2_DcQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-04-16-11-52-21.bpo-27987.n2_DcQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pymalloc returns memory blocks aligned by 16 bytes, instead of 8 bytes, on
+64-bit platforms to conform x86-64 ABI. Recent compilers assume this alignment
+more often. Patch by Inada Naoki.
diff --git a/Objects/obmalloc.c b/Objects/obmalloc.c
@@ -795,8 +795,14 @@ static int running_on_valgrind = -1;
  *
  * You shouldn't change this unless you know what you are doing.
  */
+
+#if SIZEOF_VOID_P > 4
+#define ALIGNMENT              16               /* must be 2^N */
+#define ALIGNMENT_SHIFT         4
+#else
 #define ALIGNMENT               8               /* must be 2^N */
 #define ALIGNMENT_SHIFT         3
+#endif
 
 /* Return the number of bytes in size class I, as a uint. */
 #define INDEX2SIZE(I) (((uint)(I) + 1) << ALIGNMENT_SHIFT)

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	`1`	`+pymalloc returns memory blocks aligned by 16 bytes, instead of 8 bytes, on`
	`2`	`+64-bit platforms to conform x86-64 ABI. Recent compilers assume this alignment`
	`3`	`+more often. Patch by Inada Naoki.`