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Subject: Re: [krbdev.mit.edu #6308] Alignment problem in resolver test
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From: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:40:56 -0500
In-Reply-To: <rt-6308-29818.18.5271478962566@krbdev.mit.edu> (Ezra Peisach via's message of "Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:32:31 +0000 (UTC)")
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"Ezra Peisach via RT" <rt-comment@krbdev.mit.edu> writes:

> As I indicated in my initial analysis - there is one other place 
> gethostbyaddr is used w/o a struct in_addr - but the memory is 
> malloced.   I am correct that malloc will return an alignment that is 
> compatible w/ any structure - right?

It's defined to return memory with an alignment suitable for any
object.