Move MSB check after final size calculation #463
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Description
We use the MSB of the size member of a BlockLink_t to track whether not a block is allocated. Consequently, the size must not be so large that the MSB is set. The check to see if the MSB in the size is set needs to be done after the final size (metadata + alignment) is calculated.
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