Merge pull request #17482 from markdroth/remove_memory_alignment_hack

Revert alignment hack in New<> and Delete<>.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/lib/gprpp/memory.h b/src/core/lib/gprpp/memory.h
index e90bedcd9b..b4b63ae771 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gprpp/memory.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/gprpp/memory.h
@@ -40,15 +40,10 @@
 
 namespace grpc_core {
 
-// The alignment of memory returned by gpr_malloc().
-constexpr size_t kAlignmentForDefaultAllocationInBytes = 8;
-
 // Alternative to new, since we cannot use it (for fear of libstdc++)
 template <typename T, typename... Args>
 inline T* New(Args&&... args) {
-  void* p = alignof(T) > kAlignmentForDefaultAllocationInBytes
-                ? gpr_malloc_aligned(sizeof(T), alignof(T))
-                : gpr_malloc(sizeof(T));
+  void* p = gpr_malloc(sizeof(T));
   return new (p) T(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
 }
 
@@ -57,11 +52,7 @@ template <typename T>
 inline void Delete(T* p) {
   if (p == nullptr) return;
   p->~T();
-  if (alignof(T) > kAlignmentForDefaultAllocationInBytes) {
-    gpr_free_aligned(p);
-  } else {
-    gpr_free(p);
-  }
+  gpr_free(p);
 }
 
 template <typename T>