Re: [rfa] libiberty: splay tree performance improvement

["Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>]

Hi -


dj wrote:

> New fields must always be added at the end of the structure, 

Given the uninstalled nature of libiberty, why is this important?

> and you must verify that nothing outside of libiberty allocates
> memory for this structure (dynamically or statically).  

There are no references to the type name outside libiberty in
either gcc or gdb code bases.  Can you suggest another
nonexistence assurance test?

With respect to gdb, I'll run a testsuite with and without the
change and bother them with it if the effects are noticeable.


- FChE

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