Merge pull request #718 from PowerGridModel/feature/re-route-benchmar…

…k-validation-tests

Feature/Re route validation tests

power_grid_model_c/power_grid_model_c/src/buffer.cpp

@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ using meta_data::RawDataPtr;
 
 // buffer control
 RawDataPtr PGM_create_buffer(PGM_Handle* /* handle */, PGM_MetaComponent const* component, PGM_Idx size) {
+    // alignment should be maximum of alignment of the component and alignment of void*
+    size_t const alignment = std::max(component->alignment, sizeof(void*));
+    // total bytes should be multiple of alignment
+    size_t const requested_bytes = component->size * size;
+    size_t const rounded_bytes = ((requested_bytes + alignment - 1) / alignment) * alignment;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    return _aligned_malloc(component->size * size, component->alignment);
+    return _aligned_malloc(rounded_bytes, alignment);
 #else
-    return std::aligned_alloc(component->alignment, component->size * size);
+    return std::aligned_alloc(alignment, rounded_bytes);
 #endif
 }
 void PGM_destroy_buffer(RawDataPtr ptr) {

tests/cpp_validation_tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ add_executable(power_grid_model_validation_tests ${PROJECT_SOURCES})
 
 target_link_libraries(power_grid_model_validation_tests
     PRIVATE
-        power_grid_model
+        power_grid_model_cpp
         doctest::doctest
         nlohmann_json nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
 )