From 9fd9f597af5fa18d78959f48ecbf7df8f34a26c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xing Xue <xingxue@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 14:04:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Only test addresses of cmsghdrs that are multiples of the
 size of cmsghdr.

---
 libc-test/tests/cmsg.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libc-test/tests/cmsg.rs b/libc-test/tests/cmsg.rs
index 2295e78aae1f..f72139e41cc1 100644
--- a/libc-test/tests/cmsg.rs
+++ b/libc-test/tests/cmsg.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ mod t {
             mhdr.msg_controllen = (160 - trunc) as _;
 
             for cmsg_payload_len in 0..64 {
+                // AIX does not apply any alignment or padding to ancillary
+                // data and CMSG_ALIGN() is a noop. So only test addresses
+                // that are multiples of the size of cmsghdr here.
+                if cfg!(target_os = "aix") && cmsg_payload_len % std::mem::size_of::<cmsghdr>() != 0
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 let mut current_cmsghdr_ptr = pcmsghdr;
                 assert!(!current_cmsghdr_ptr.is_null());
                 let mut count = 0;