2 * default memory allocator for libavcodec
3 * Copyright (c) 2002 Fabrice Bellard.
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22 * default memory allocator for libavcodec.
27 /* here we can use OS dependant allocation functions */
36 /* you can redefine av_malloc and av_free in your project to use your
37 memory allocator. You do not need to suppress this file because the
38 linker will do it automatically */
41 * Memory allocation of size byte with alignment suitable for all
42 * memory accesses (including vectors if available on the
43 * CPU). av_malloc(0) must return a non NULL pointer.
45 void *av_malloc(unsigned int size)
51 ptr = malloc(size+16+1);
52 diff= ((-(int)ptr - 1)&15) + 1;
54 ((char*)ptr)[-1]= diff;
55 #elif defined (HAVE_MEMALIGN)
56 ptr = memalign(16,size);
58 Indeed, we should align it:
61 on 32 for 586, PPro - k6-III
62 on 64 for K7 (maybe for P3 too).
63 Because L1 and L2 caches are aligned on those values.
64 But I don't want to code such logic here!
67 because some cpus need alignment, for example SSE2 on P4, & most RISC cpus
68 it will just trigger an exception and the unaligned load will be done in the
69 exception handler or it will just segfault (SSE2 on P4)
70 Why not larger? because i didnt see a difference in benchmarks ...
73 memalign(64)+1 3071,3051,3032
74 memalign(64)+2 3051,3032,3041
75 memalign(64)+4 2911,2896,2915
76 memalign(64)+8 2545,2554,2550
77 memalign(64)+16 2543,2572,2563
78 memalign(64)+32 2546,2545,2571
79 memalign(64)+64 2570,2533,2558
81 btw, malloc seems to do 8 byte alignment by default here
90 * av_realloc semantics (same as glibc): if ptr is NULL and size > 0,
91 * identical to malloc(size). If size is zero, it is identical to
92 * free(ptr) and NULL is returned.
94 void *av_realloc(void *ptr, unsigned int size)
97 //FIXME this isnt aligned correctly though it probably isnt needed
99 if(!ptr) return av_malloc(size);
100 diff= ((char*)ptr)[-1];
101 return realloc(ptr - diff, size + diff) + diff;
103 return realloc(ptr, size);
107 /* NOTE: ptr = NULL is explicetly allowed */
108 void av_free(void *ptr)
110 /* XXX: this test should not be needed on most libcs */
113 free(ptr - ((char*)ptr)[-1]);