https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112364
Xi Ruoyao <xry111 at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |xry111 at gcc dot gnu.org Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Keywords| |easyhack Ever confirmed|0 |1 Last reconfirmed| |2023-11-03 --- Comment #1 from Xi Ruoyao <xry111 at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Martin Uecker from comment #0) > Note that for the allocated size the order of arguments does not matter, but > - at least according to my understanding - the alignment requirements for > the returned memory may depend on the object size being the second argument. No, per the standard we can assign the result of calloc to T* iff T has a fundamental alignment requirement, i. e. _Alignof (max_align_t) >= _Alignof (T). It's not related to the specified size in calloc call. But anyway in this case the order of arguments is indeed wrong and it should be fixed.