malloc: Enable merging of remainders in memalign (bug 30723)
Previously, calling _int_free from _int_memalign could put remainders into the tcache or into fastbins, where they are invisible to the low-level allocator. This results in missed merge opportunities because once these freed chunks become available to the low-level allocator, further memalign allocations (even of the same size are) likely obstructing merges. Furthermore, during forwards merging in _int_memalign, do not completely give up when the remainder is too small to serve as a chunk on its own. We can still give it back if it can be merged with the following unused chunk. This makes it more likely that memalign calls in a loop achieve a compact memory layout, independently of initial heap layout. Drop some useless (unsigned long) casts along the way, and tweak the style to more closely match GNU on changed lines. Reviewed-by:DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> (cherry picked from commit 542b1105)
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