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+package test_internal
+
+import "core:testing"
+
+// See: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/issues/4553
+// It would be great if Odin had the ability to test against LLVM output since
+// this test erronously passing is dependent on alignment of the stack.
+//
+// Right now, I am manually checking LLVM ir
+
+@test
+test_4553_matrix_align :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	test_mat :: proc($T: typeid, $R: u32, $C: u32) {
+		when R * C <= 16 {
+			return_matrix :: proc() -> matrix[R, C]T {
+				ret : matrix[R, C]T
+				return ret
+			}
+			// the origin of the bug had to do with a temporary
+			// created by a function return being loaded with bad
+			// alignment. The bug only affected 4-element f32
+			// matrices, but it would be prudent to test more than
+			// that
+			_ = return_matrix() * [C]T{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	test_mat_set :: proc($T: typeid) {
+		test_mat_row :: proc($T: typeid, $R: u32) {
+			test_mat(T, R, 1)
+			test_mat(T, R, 2)
+			test_mat(T, R, 3)
+			test_mat(T, R, 4)
+			test_mat(T, R, 5)
+			test_mat(T, R, 6)
+		}
+		test_mat_row(T, 1)
+		test_mat_row(T, 2)
+		test_mat_row(T, 3)
+		test_mat_row(T, 4)
+		test_mat_row(T, 5)
+		test_mat_row(T, 6)
+
+	}
+	test_mat_set(f16)
+	test_mat_set(f32)
+	test_mat_set(f64)
+	test_mat_set(i8)
+	test_mat_set(i16)
+	test_mat_set(i32)
+	test_mat_set(i64)
+	test_mat_set(i128)
+}