RE: [AD] SSE2 vs malloc()

["Robert Ohannessian" <ROhannessian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What do you do about odd-sized bitmaps?

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> developers-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of aj
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:59 PM
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> Subject: [AD] SSE2 vs malloc()
> 
> Looking over the source code there is still alot of  malloc() calls.
> For SSE2 to work properly data must be aligned on 16 byte boundaries.
> 
> There also seems to be a function called  _al_malloc() which is a
> wrapper for malloc().
> 
> Instead of regular malloc()  SSE2 uses _aligned_malloc() to ensure
data
> is on 16 byte boundaries.
> It would be much easier to simply have _aligned_malloc() replaced at
one
> single point (in the _al_malloc() )
> It can even be #defined in/out for which ever platform is required.
> 
> Is there any reason why all the regular malloc()'s  can not be changed
> to _al_malloc() ?
> (please specificy both  technical reasons, and release schedule
reasons)
> 
> 
> I can submit patches for them all, but its not worth doing until i
know
> its going to get implemented.
> 
> aj.
> 
> 
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