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[committed] libstdc++: Micro-optimization for std::optional [PR112480]

Message ID 20231113232313.809520-1-jwakely@redhat.com
State Accepted
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Series [committed] libstdc++: Micro-optimization for std::optional [PR112480] |

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Jonathan Wakely Nov. 13, 2023, 11:22 p.m. UTC 
  Tested x86_64-linux. Pushed to trunk.

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This small change removes a branch when clearing a std::optional<T> for
types with no-op destructors. For types where the destructor can be
optimized away (e.g. because it's trivial, or empty and can be inlined)
the _M_destroy() function does nothing but set _M_engaged to false.
Setting _M_engaged=false unconditionally is cheaper than only doing it
when initially true, because it allows the compiler to remove a branch.

The compiler thinks it would be incorrect to unconditionally introduce a
store there, because it could conflict with reads in other threads, so
it won't do that optimization itself. We know it's safe to do because
we're in a non-const member function, so the standard forbids any
potentially concurrent calls to other member functions of the same
object. Making the store unconditional can't create a data race that
isn't already present in the program.

libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:

	PR libstdc++/112480
	* include/std/optional (_Optional_payload_base::_M_reset): Set
	_M_engaged to false unconditionally.
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 libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
index 53450c760d9..a8c97717b72 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/optional
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@  _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
       {
 	if (this->_M_engaged)
 	  _M_destroy();
+	else // This seems redundant but improves codegen, see PR 112480.
+	  this->_M_engaged = false;
       }
     };