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Message-ID: <C4308305-D4DC-4CCF-B171-956C1AC8692D@inria.fr>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 13:03:57 +0200
From: Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com, Damian McGuckin <damianm@....com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] qsort: align 'tmp' buffer to preserve CHERI capabilities

Am 13. Mai 2026 11:56:16 MESZ schrieb Damian McGuckin <damianm@....com.au>:
> On Wed, 13 May 2026, J??? Gustedt wrote:
> 
> > on Wed, 13 May 2026 10:21:46 +0200 you (Florian Schmaus
> > <florian.schmaus@...asip.com>) wrote:
> 
> > wouldn't it be simpler to us `_Alignas`? There seem already some
> > usages of that feature in musl, so that should not be a problem, I
> > guess.
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> It is in stdalign.h but nowhere in a .c file as yet, at least in 1.2.6
> 
> So, unused as far as I can see.
> 
> Best Regards - Damian

Unused or not, musl seems to assume that it exists on all platforms, which is a reasonable assumption nowadays. So no need to reinvent the wheel, no?

Jens


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Jens Gustedt - INRIA & ICube, Strasbourg, France 

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