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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "minui/minui.h"
+
+TEST(GRSurfaceTest, Create_aligned) {
+  static constexpr size_t kSurfaceDataAlignment = 8;
+  for (size_t data_size = 100; data_size < 128; data_size++) {
+    std::unique_ptr<GRSurface> surface(GRSurface::Create(data_size));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(surface);
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(surface->data()) % kSurfaceDataAlignment);
+  }
+}