Small cleanups.

[stockfish] / src / misc.cpp

diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index cf18d2e2fc56b826f3e627d712f02d8ff96e9f1d..4d6483e73d20f78d352429bbc24289a648fc3649 100644 (file)
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -299,23 +299,23 @@ void prefetch(void* addr) {
 /// With c++17 some of this functionality can be simplified.
 #if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
 
-void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void** mem) {
+void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void*& mem) {
 
   constexpr size_t alignment = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // assumed 2MB page sizes
   size_t size = ((allocSize + alignment - 1) / alignment) * alignment; // multiple of alignment
-  *mem = aligned_alloc(alignment, size);
-  madvise(*mem, allocSize, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
-  return *mem;
+  mem = aligned_alloc(alignment, size);
+  madvise(mem, allocSize, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+  return mem;
 }
 
 #else
 
-void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void** mem) {
+void* aligned_ttmem_alloc(size_t allocSize, void*& mem) {
 
   constexpr size_t alignment = 64; // assumed cache line size
   size_t size = allocSize + alignment - 1; // allocate some extra space
-  *mem = malloc(size);
-  void* ret = reinterpret_cast<void*>((uintptr_t(*mem) + alignment - 1) & ~uintptr_t(alignment - 1));
+  mem = malloc(size);
+  void* ret = reinterpret_cast<void*>((uintptr_t(mem) + alignment - 1) & ~uintptr_t(alignment - 1));
   return ret;
 }