[tip: x86/boot] decompress: Use 8 byte alignment

From: tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Tue Aug 08 2023 - 12:33:29 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/boot branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 8217ad0a435ff06d651d7298ea8ae8d72388179e
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8217ad0a435ff06d651d7298ea8ae8d72388179e
Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:27:15 +02:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:55:27 +02:00

decompress: Use 8 byte alignment

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
---
include/linux/decompress/mm.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/decompress/mm.h b/include/linux/decompress/mm.h
index 9192986..ac86242 100644
--- 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;