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From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
To: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFA 26/42] Remove free_pendings
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 03:16:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <839f06b5-5404-6717-8b99-c55ae7dd9c88@simark.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2161ee9f-d85a-a962-311a-333b6e7c05ee@simark.ca>

On 2018-07-09 10:55 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2018-05-23 12:58 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>> buildsym.c currently keeps a free list of "struct pending"s.  However,
>> this didn't seem necessary to me, and so this patch removes the free
>> list.
> 
> LGTM.
> 
> It looks like this was to avoid some allocations/deallocations, for performance?
> Since it's hard to tell if something is worth it performance-wise without data,
> I made some quick measurements.  I compiled GDB with optimizations, then loaded
> my debug build of GDB in it like this:
> 
>  $ for i in 1 2 3; do /usr/bin/time -a -o after ./gdb /home/simark/build/binutils-gdb/gdb/gdb -readnow -batch; done
> 
> This is before:
> 
> 58.66user 5.38system 1:04.47elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2841916maxresident)k
> 2520inputs+0outputs (1major+679737minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 59.24user 5.52system 1:05.07elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2841572maxresident)k
> 1616inputs+0outputs (4major+679723minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 61.50user 5.38system 1:07.36elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2841764maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (0major+679732minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 
> This is after:
> 
> 53.14user 4.91system 0:59.02elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2841824maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (0major+679713minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 52.70user 4.97system 0:58.49elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2842052maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (0major+679747minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 54.42user 5.30system 1:01.11elapsed 97%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 2841764maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (0major+679760minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> 
> So, unless I mixed up "before" and "after", it looks like this patch actually
> improves the performance of GDB!
> 
> Simon

Ok, now that I re-run it I don't see a difference anymore... not sure what happened.
Still, the patch LGTM :)

Simon


  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-10  3:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 129+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-23  4:59 [RFA 00/42] Remove globals from buildsym Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 10/42] Move some code from buildsym to stabsread Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 19:16   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-08 16:35     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:59       ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:37     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 04/42] Move last_source file to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-07  3:51   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:33     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:37       ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:52         ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 17:01           ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 07/42] Move last_source_start_addr " Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:10   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 26/42] Remove free_pendings Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  2:55   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-10  3:16     ` Simon Marchi [this message]
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 09/42] Make context_stack_size static in buildsym.c Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:16   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 12/42] Move within_function to stabsread Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:49   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 14/42] Move scan_file_globals declaration to stabsread.h Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:52   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-09 23:07     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 23/42] Move pending addrmap globals to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  1:56   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-12  4:35     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 01/42] Use new and delete for buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 18:50   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-07  2:31     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:25     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 28/42] Set list_in_scope later in DWARF reader Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 18:11   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-10  3:23     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-15 17:55     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 29/42] Move the symbol lists to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 18:35   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-12  4:45     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:38   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-15 17:44     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 03/42] Add assert in prepare_for_building Tom Tromey
2018-07-07 14:06   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 20/42] Use outermost_context_p in more places Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 17:13   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 17/42] Move the subfile stack to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:59   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 15/42] Remove merge_symbol_lists Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:54   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 13/42] Remove buildsym_new_init Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:51   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 18/42] Make free_pending_blocks static Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 17:04   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 21/42] Move the context stack to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 17:30   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-15 18:09     ` Tom Tromey
     [not found]   ` <93a9597f-e7ff-e8ff-e873-9cee5b84d7cc@simark.ca>
2018-07-10  1:45     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-15 18:10       ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 05/42] Move pending_macros " Tom Tromey
2018-07-07 15:41   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:35     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 02/42] Change buildsym_compunit::comp_dir to be a unique_xmalloc_ptr Tom Tromey
2018-07-07  2:34   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 16/42] Use gdb_assert in two places in buildsym.c Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:55   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-09 23:13     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 25/42] Remove the "listhead" argument from finish_block Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  2:07   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 22/42] Move current_subfile to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  1:52   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-12  4:34     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 27/42] Do not look at file symbols when reading psymtabs Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:19   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 08/42] Move processing_acc_compilation to dbxread.c Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:15   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 06/42] Move have_line_numbers to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 19:01   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-08 16:05     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:26     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  4:59 ` [RFA 19/42] Move the using directives " Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 20:14   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-08 16:28     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 17:08       ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 39/42] Parameterize cp_scan_for_anonymous_namespaces Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 19:23   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-08 16:40     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:25       ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 32/42] Remove EXTERN from buildsym.h Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:44   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 41/42] Remove some unused buildsym functions Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:37   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 42/42] Remove record_line_ftype Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:38   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 11/42] Move processing_gcc to stabsread Tom Tromey
2018-07-08 16:46   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-08 16:56     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 33/42] Remove parameter from record_pending_block Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:49   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 40/42] Convert the DWARF reader to new-style buildysm Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 20:10   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-10  4:36   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-15 17:38     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 37/42] Move struct buildsym_compunit to buildsym.h Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:15   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 34/42] Add many methods to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-06 19:16   ` Keith Seitz
2018-07-08 16:39     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:08   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-10  4:12     ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-10  4:08   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-12  5:18     ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 35/42] Do not use buildsym.h in some files Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:10   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 36/42] Remove reset_symtab_globals Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:11   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 31/42] Remove a TODO Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:42   ` Simon Marchi
2018-05-23  6:16 ` [RFA 24/42] Move pending_blocks and pending_block_obstack to buildsym_compunit Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  2:05   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-12  4:39     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-12  5:03       ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  7:31 ` [RFA 38/42] Introduce legacy-buildsym.h Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  4:22   ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-15 18:43     ` Tom Tromey
2018-07-15 19:46       ` Simon Marchi
2018-07-16  0:22         ` Tom Tromey
2018-05-23  8:49 ` [RFA 30/42] Remove buildsym_init Tom Tromey
2018-07-10  3:41   ` Simon Marchi
2018-06-18 14:46 ` [RFA 00/42] Remove globals from buildsym Tom Tromey
2018-07-05 18:21 ` Keith Seitz

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