[glibc/fw/malloc-batch-unsorted-basic] malloc: Only fill half of the tcache during batch allocation
Florian Weimer via Glibc-cvs <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:07:58 +0000 (GMT)
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=b50e24aea36d4430eb12a4ffb2d2dad7c4747772 commit b50e24aea36d4430eb12a4ffb2d2dad7c4747772 Author: Florian Weimer <[email protected]> Date: Fri Nov 7 10:27:20 2025 +0100 malloc: Only fill half of the tcache during batch allocation This leaves room for subsequent frees. Diff: --- malloc/malloc.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c index 99ba94454e..3505158ac0 100644 --- a/malloc/malloc.c +++ b/malloc/malloc.c @@ -3570,8 +3570,11 @@ _int_malloc (mstate av, size_t bytes) if (__glibc_unlikely (tcache_inactive ())) tcache_init (av); - /* While bin not empty and tcache not full, copy chunks over. */ - while (tcache->num_slots[tc_idx] != 0 + /* While bin not empty and tcache not full, copy chunks over. + Only fill half of the tcache, so that subsequent frees + do not immediately flush the tcache. */ + unsigned int tcache_target_count = mp_.tcache_count / 2; + while (tcache->num_slots[tc_idx] > tcache_target_count && (tc_victim = last (bin)) != bin) { if (tc_victim != NULL)