2 * default memory allocator for libavutil
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24 * default memory allocator for libavutil.
29 /* here we can use OS dependent allocation functions */
39 /* you can redefine av_malloc and av_free in your project to use your
40 memory allocator. You do not need to suppress this file because the
41 linker will do it automatically */
43 void *av_malloc(unsigned int size)
46 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
50 /* let's disallow possible ambiguous cases */
51 if(size > (INT_MAX-16) )
54 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
55 ptr = malloc(size+16);
58 diff= ((-(long)ptr - 1)&15) + 1;
59 ptr = (char*)ptr + diff;
60 ((char*)ptr)[-1]= diff;
61 #elif HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN
62 posix_memalign(&ptr,16,size);
64 ptr = memalign(16,size);
66 Indeed, we should align it:
69 on 32 for 586, PPro - k6-III
70 on 64 for K7 (maybe for P3 too).
71 Because L1 and L2 caches are aligned on those values.
72 But I don't want to code such logic here!
75 Because some CPUs need alignment, for example SSE2 on P4, & most RISC CPUs
76 it will just trigger an exception and the unaligned load will be done in the
77 exception handler or it will just segfault (SSE2 on P4)
78 Why not larger? Because I did not see a difference in benchmarks ...
81 memalign(64)+1 3071,3051,3032
82 memalign(64)+2 3051,3032,3041
83 memalign(64)+4 2911,2896,2915
84 memalign(64)+8 2545,2554,2550
85 memalign(64)+16 2543,2572,2563
86 memalign(64)+32 2546,2545,2571
87 memalign(64)+64 2570,2533,2558
89 btw, malloc seems to do 8 byte alignment by default here
97 void *av_realloc(void *ptr, unsigned int size)
99 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
103 /* let's disallow possible ambiguous cases */
104 if(size > (INT_MAX-16) )
107 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
108 //FIXME this isn't aligned correctly, though it probably isn't needed
109 if(!ptr) return av_malloc(size);
110 diff= ((char*)ptr)[-1];
111 return (char*)realloc((char*)ptr - diff, size + diff) + diff;
113 return realloc(ptr, size);
117 void av_free(void *ptr)
119 /* XXX: this test should not be needed on most libcs */
121 #if CONFIG_MEMALIGN_HACK
122 free((char*)ptr - ((char*)ptr)[-1]);
128 void av_freep(void *arg)
130 void **ptr= (void**)arg;
135 void *av_mallocz(unsigned int size)
137 void *ptr = av_malloc(size);
139 memset(ptr, 0, size);
143 char *av_strdup(const char *s)
147 int len = strlen(s) + 1;
148 ptr = av_malloc(len);