First version of alignment functions (imported from suma* programs)

src/utils.c

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ char* obi_format_date(time_t date)
 	struct tm*  tmp;
 
 	formatted_time = (char*) malloc(FORMATTED_TIME_LENGTH*sizeof(char));
+	if (formatted_time == NULL)
+	{
+		obi_set_errno(OBI_MALLOC_ERROR);
+		obidebug(1, "\nError allocating memory to format a date");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	tmp = localtime(&date);
 	if (tmp == NULL)
@@ -84,3 +90,27 @@ char* obi_format_date(time_t date)
 	return formatted_time;
 }
 
+
+void* obi_get_memory_aligned_on_16(int size, int* shift)
+{
+	void* memory;
+
+	*shift = 0;
+
+	memory = (void*) malloc(size);
+	if (memory == NULL)
+	{
+		obi_set_errno(OBI_MALLOC_ERROR);
+		obidebug(1, "\nError allocating memory");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	while ((((long long unsigned int) (memory))%16) != 0)
+	{
+		memory++;
+		(*shift)++;
+	}
+
+	return (memory);
+}
+