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Date:      Tue, 5 Jun 2018 15:52:15 -0700
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Cc:        Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>, Mateusz Guzik <mjg@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r334545 - in head/sys: contrib/zstd/lib/freebsd kern netinet/libalias sys
Message-ID:  <20180605225215.GC1005@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGudoHGcZ9b8fvQVx-%2Bxqsr47GzrTZR6%2Bh2C_EqTp3rSjGvATw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201806022220.w52MK9TT026244@repo.freebsd.org> <1b77e282-e24b-d14c-9811-4cf214d58280@vangyzen.net> <CAGudoHGcZ9b8fvQVx-%2Bxqsr47GzrTZR6%2Bh2C_EqTp3rSjGvATw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 06:35:37PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
M> > On 06/02/2018 17:20, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
M> > > +#ifdef _KERNEL
M> > > +#define      malloc(size, type, flags) ({                            \
M> > > +     void *_malloc_item;                                             \
M> > > +     size_t _size = (size);                                          \
M> > > +     if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && __builtin_constant_p(flags) &&\
M> > > +         ((flags) & M_ZERO)) {                                       \
M> > > +             _malloc_item = malloc(_size, type, (flags) &~ M_ZERO);  \
M> > > +             if (((flags) & M_WAITOK) || _malloc_item != NULL)       \
M> > > +                     bzero(_malloc_item, _size);                     \
M> > > +     } else {                                                        \
M> > > +             _malloc_item = malloc(_size, type, flags);              \
M> > > +     }                                                               \
M> > > +     _malloc_item;                                                   \
M> > > +})
M> > > +#endif
M> >
M> > Mateusz,
M> >
M> > Thank you for this and for all of your performance work.  It is all very
M> > interesting stuff.
M> >
M> >
M> Thank you for the kind words. It is positive feedback like this which
M> keeps me going!

Btw, what was the point of checking flags || result? Most places in kernel
ignore flags and just test result regerdless of M_WAITOK/M_NOWAIT.

The result is already in a register, why do you think checking for absense
of M_WAITOK is faster that checking for !NULL _malloc_item?

-- 
Gleb Smirnoff



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