mm_memalign: avoid two adjacent free nodes situation. #8339
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Summary
Original mm_memalign code assumes the previous node in physical must be ALLOCED, but other thread may free the previous node between mm_malloc() and mm_lock(), and the original code didn't condsider this, which will cause two adjacent free nodes situation and this should not be happened.
This commit will merge the previous node and node if the previous node is free to avoid the situation discribed above.
Impact
memalign
Testing
vela and sim mmtest