Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] gdb/testsuite: Add Windows replacement for aligned_alloc

[Luis <luis.machado.foss@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Just wondering if there are any tests planned or if the current tests 
are enough and what their results are.

On 27/07/2026 18:42, Hannes Domani wrote:
> _aligned_malloc has swapped arguments, and you have to use _aligned_free
> to free the memory afterwards.
> 
> This is enough to make i386-sse.exp pass, and i386-avx.exp will pass at
> the end of this series.
> ---
> v2:
>    - Mention which test pass after the change in the commit message
> ---
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-avx.c         |  2 +-
>   gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-sse.c         |  2 +-
>   gdb/testsuite/lib/precise-aligned-alloc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-avx.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-avx.c
> index b6cd89e5bea..229093e5164 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-avx.c
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-avx.c
> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
>   
>     puts ("Bye!"); /* second breakpoint here */
>   
> -  free (allocated_ptr);
> +  aligned_free (allocated_ptr);
>   
>     return 0;
>   }
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-sse.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-sse.c
> index 21264ed74e7..5210aee12c3 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-sse.c
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-sse.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
>         puts ("Bye!"); /* second breakpoint here */
>       }
>   
> -  free (allocated_ptr);
> +  aligned_free (allocated_ptr);
>   
>     return 0;
>   }
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/precise-aligned-alloc.c b/gdb/testsuite/lib/precise-aligned-alloc.c
> index 888814f12ef..1db35528bc8 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/precise-aligned-alloc.c
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/precise-aligned-alloc.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,26 @@
>   #include <string.h>
>   #include <stdint.h>
>   
> +#ifdef _WIN32
> +static void *
> +aligned_alloc (size_t alignment, size_t size)
> +{
> +  return _aligned_malloc (size, alignment);
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +aligned_free (void *ptr)
> +{
> +  _aligned_free (ptr);
> +}
> +#else
> +static void
> +aligned_free (void *ptr)
> +{
> +  free (ptr);
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>   /* Return true if address P is ALIGNMENT-byte aligned.  */
>   
>   static int