[gcc r13-8132] libstdc++: Micro-optimization for std::optional [PR112480]

Jonathan Wakely redi@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Dec 6 14:44:51 GMT 2023


https://gcc.gnu.org/g:866870c51d58881819db6db76dcdfe3f43d89903

commit r13-8132-g866870c51d58881819db6db76dcdfe3f43d89903
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Sat Nov 11 00:35:18 2023 +0000

    libstdc++: Micro-optimization for std::optional [PR112480]
    
    This small change removes a branch when clearing a std::optional<T> for
    types with no-op destructors. For types where the destructor can be
    optimized away (e.g. because it's trivial, or empty and can be inlined)
    the _M_destroy() function does nothing but set _M_engaged to false.
    Setting _M_engaged=false unconditionally is cheaper than only doing it
    when initially true, because it allows the compiler to remove a branch.
    
    The compiler thinks it would be incorrect to unconditionally introduce a
    store there, because it could conflict with reads in other threads, so
    it won't do that optimization itself. We know it's safe to do because
    we're in a non-const member function, so the standard forbids any
    potentially concurrent calls to other member functions of the same
    object. Making the store unconditional can't create a data race that
    isn't already present in the program.
    
    libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
    
            PR libstdc++/112480
            * include/std/optional (_Optional_payload_base::_M_reset): Set
            _M_engaged to false unconditionally.
    
    (cherry picked from commit 2c492f99fc1fcb5f598286c3f3a21a05bca69d9e)

Diff:
---
 libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
index 27260f9cc38..29f534b9861 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       {
 	if (this->_M_engaged)
 	  _M_destroy();
+	else // This seems redundant but improves codegen, see PR 112480.
+	  this->_M_engaged = false;
       }
     };


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