Add a function attribute called `__malloc_like', which informs gcc

that the annotated function returns a pointer that doesn't alias any
extant pointer. This results in a 50%+ speedup in microbenchmarks such
as the following:

    char *cp = malloc(1), *buf = malloc(BUF);
    for (i = 0; i < BUF; i++) buf[i] = *cp;

In real programs, your mileage will vary. Note that gcc already
performs this optimization automatically for any function called
`malloc', `calloc', `strdup', or `strndup' unless -fno-builtins is
used.
This commit is contained in:
David Schultz 2009-01-31 18:27:02 +00:00
parent 13fd4d2163
commit 544048ecef
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=187961
5 changed files with 9 additions and 7 deletions

View file

@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ int atoi(const char *);
long atol(const char *);
void *bsearch(const void *, const void *, size_t,
size_t, int (*)(const void *, const void *));
void *calloc(size_t, size_t);
void *calloc(size_t, size_t) __malloc_like;
div_t div(int, int) __pure2;
void exit(int) __dead2;
void free(void *);
char *getenv(const char *);
long labs(long) __pure2;
ldiv_t ldiv(long, long) __pure2;
void *malloc(size_t);
void *malloc(size_t) __malloc_like;
int mblen(const char *, size_t);
size_t mbstowcs(wchar_t * __restrict , const char * __restrict, size_t);
int mbtowc(wchar_t * __restrict, const char * __restrict, size_t);

View file

@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int strcoll(const char *, const char *);
char *strcpy(char * __restrict, const char * __restrict);
size_t strcspn(const char *, const char *) __pure;
#if __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 200112 || __XSI_VISIBLE
char *strdup(const char *);
char *strdup(const char *) __malloc_like;
#endif
char *strerror(int);
#if __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 200112
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ char *strncat(char * __restrict, const char * __restrict, size_t);
int strncmp(const char *, const char *, size_t) __pure;
char *strncpy(char * __restrict, const char * __restrict, size_t);
#if __BSD_VISIBLE
char *strndup(const char *, size_t);
char *strndup(const char *, size_t) __malloc_like;
char *strnstr(const char *, const char *, size_t) __pure;
#endif
char *strpbrk(const char *, const char *) __pure;

View file

@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int wcwidth(wchar_t);
wchar_t *fgetwln(struct __sFILE * __restrict, size_t * __restrict);
size_t mbsnrtowcs(wchar_t * __restrict, const char ** __restrict, size_t,
size_t, mbstate_t * __restrict);
wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t *);
wchar_t *wcsdup(const wchar_t *) __malloc_like;
size_t wcsnrtombs(char * __restrict, const wchar_t ** __restrict, size_t,
size_t, mbstate_t * __restrict);
size_t wcslcat(wchar_t *, const wchar_t *, size_t);

View file

@ -221,8 +221,10 @@
#endif
#if __GNUC_PREREQ__(2, 96)
#define __malloc_like __attribute__((__malloc__))
#define __pure __attribute__((__pure__))
#else
#define __malloc_like
#define __pure
#endif

View file

@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ typedef void malloc_type_list_func_t(struct malloc_type *, void *);
void contigfree(void *addr, unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type);
void *contigmalloc(unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags,
vm_paddr_t low, vm_paddr_t high, unsigned long alignment,
unsigned long boundary);
unsigned long boundary) __malloc_like;
void free(void *addr, struct malloc_type *type);
void *malloc(unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags);
void *malloc(unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags) __malloc_like;
void malloc_init(void *);
int malloc_last_fail(void);
void malloc_type_allocated(struct malloc_type *type, unsigned long size);