From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>
To: newlib@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] libm/stdlib: Realloc when shrinking by 2* or more
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 10:08:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200812080829.GM53219@calimero.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200811230543.2169774-4-keithp@keithp.com>
On Aug 11 16:05, Keith Packard via Newlib wrote:
> This reduces memory usage when reallocating objects much smaller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
> ---
> newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c
> index cef23977e..83234c618 100644
> --- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c
> +++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c
> @@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ void * nano_realloc(RARG void * ptr, malloc_size_t size)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> - /* TODO: There is chance to shrink the chunk if newly requested
> - * size is much small */
> old_size = nano_malloc_usable_size(RCALL ptr);
> - if (old_size >= size)
> + if (size <= old_size && (old_size >> 1) < size)
> return ptr;
>
> mem = nano_malloc(RCALL size);
> --
> 2.28.0
Ok, so this patch introduces the need for the conditional I complained
about in the previous patch. IMO, the conditional should be moved
into this patch to introduce it together with the change it requires.
Thanks,
Corinna
--
Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-12 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-11 23:05 [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for memory allocation bugs Keith Packard
2020-08-11 23:05 ` [PATCH 1/4] libc/stdlib: Use __builtin_mul_overflow for reallocarray and calloc Keith Packard
2020-08-12 8:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-08-11 23:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] libm/stdlib: don't read past source in nano_realloc Keith Packard
2020-08-12 8:01 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-08-11 23:05 ` [PATCH 3/4] libm/stdlib: Realloc when shrinking by 2* or more Keith Packard
2020-08-12 8:08 ` Corinna Vinschen [this message]
2020-08-12 15:01 ` Keith Packard
2020-08-13 7:59 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-08-14 0:48 ` Keith Packard
2020-08-17 9:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
2020-08-11 23:05 ` [PATCH 4/4] libm/stdlib: Recover from realloc failure when shrinking Keith Packard
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