Manually align arrays on the stack

[stockfish] / src / misc.h

diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index bc48f303a8832cf867991f973976ba9423ed003e..682ef81641c041869fb255e6732a53b6b651da9c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <cstdint>
 
 #include "types.h"
 
@@ -63,6 +64,17 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, SyncCout);
 #define sync_cout std::cout << IO_LOCK
 #define sync_endl std::endl << IO_UNLOCK
 
+// `ptr` must point to an array of size at least
+// `sizeof(T) * N + alignment` bytes, where `N` is the
+// number of elements in the array.
+template <uintptr_t Alignment, typename T>
+T* align_ptr_up(T* ptr)
+{
+  static_assert(alignof(T) < Alignment);
+
+  const uintptr_t ptrint = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(ptr));
+  return reinterpret_cast<T*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>((ptrint + (Alignment - 1)) / Alignment * Alignment));
+}
 
 /// xorshift64star Pseudo-Random Number Generator
 /// This class is based on original code written and dedicated