[PATCH] Remove not needed __builtin_expect due to malloc predictor.

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 10/08/18 12:32 +0200, Martin Liška wrote:
>Hi.
>
>After we introduced new non-NULL malloc predictor, we can remove these __builtin_expects.
>Predictors will change in following way:
>
>Before:
>
>Predictions for bb 5
>  first match heuristics: 10.00%
>  combined heuristics: 10.00%
>  __builtin_expect heuristics of edge 5->6: 10.00%
>  call heuristics of edge 5->6 (ignored): 33.00%
>  loop exit heuristics of edge 5->9 (ignored): 5.50%
>
>After:
>
>Predictions for bb 5
>  first match heuristics: 0.04%
>  combined heuristics: 0.04%
>  pointer (on trees) heuristics of edge 5->6 (ignored): 30.00%
>  malloc returned non-NULL heuristics of edge 5->6: 0.04%
>  call heuristics of edge 5->6 (ignored): 33.00%
>  loop exit heuristics of edge 5->9 (ignored): 5.50%
>
>
>Maybe there are similar allocation-related expects, but I haven't found them.
>Ready after it survives regression tests?

OK for trunk - thanks!


>Martin
>
>libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
>
>2018-08-10  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
>
>	* libsupc++/new_op.cc (new): Remove __builtin_expect as malloc
>        predictor can handle that.
>	* libsupc++/new_opa.cc: Likewise.
>	* libsupc++/new_opnt.cc (new): Likewise.
>---
> libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc   | 2 +-
> libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opa.cc  | 2 +-
> libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opnt.cc | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>

>diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc
>index 3a1e38d9df7..3caa0bab2ea 100644
>--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc
>+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc
>@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ operator new (std::size_t sz) _GLIBCXX_THROW (std::bad_alloc)
>   if (sz == 0)
>     sz = 1;
> 
>-  while (__builtin_expect ((p = malloc (sz)) == 0, false))
>+  while ((p = malloc (sz)) == 0)
>     {
>       new_handler handler = std::get_new_handler ();
>       if (! handler)
>diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opa.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opa.cc
>index 68eac5b8ceb..a27ff843ca1 100644
>--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opa.cc
>+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opa.cc
>@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ operator new (std::size_t sz, std::align_val_t al)
> #endif
> 
>   using __gnu_cxx::aligned_alloc;
>-  while (__builtin_expect ((p = aligned_alloc (align, sz)) == 0, false))
>+  while ((p = aligned_alloc (align, sz)) == 0)
>     {
>       new_handler handler = std::get_new_handler ();
>       if (! handler)
>diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opnt.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opnt.cc
>index a2dc33ad4d3..faab44e66c2 100644
>--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opnt.cc
>+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_opnt.cc
>@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ operator new (std::size_t sz, const std::nothrow_t&) _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
>   if (sz == 0)
>     sz = 1;
> 
>-  while (__builtin_expect ((p = malloc (sz)) == 0, false))
>+  while ((p = malloc (sz)) == 0)
>     {
>       new_handler handler = std::get_new_handler ();
>       if (! handler)
>