[glibc/fw/malloc-batch-unsorted-basic] malloc: Increase tcache fill count from 16 to 32
Florian Weimer via Glibc-cvs <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:08:04 +0000 (GMT)
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=e51a6bf18e435ef34056c1b3e05a5277b1fe1fac commit e51a6bf18e435ef34056c1b3e05a5277b1fe1fac Author: Florian Weimer <[email protected]> Date: Thu Dec 18 10:15:38 2025 +0100 malloc: Increase tcache fill count from 16 to 32 This avoids a regression in the omnetpp and xalancbmk benchmarks of SPEC. Apparently, these benchmarks are very sensitive to the fill rate in malloc. Suggested-by: Wilco Dijkstra <[email protected]> Tested-by: Wilco Dijkstra <[email protected]> Diff: --- malloc/malloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c index 3505158ac0..61be8fe6bb 100644 --- a/malloc/malloc.c +++ b/malloc/malloc.c @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ verify (PTRDIFF_MAX <= SIZE_MAX / 2); /* This is another arbitrary limit, which tunables can change. Each tcache bin will hold at most this number of chunks. */ -# define TCACHE_FILL_COUNT 16 +# define TCACHE_FILL_COUNT 32 /* Maximum chunks in tcache bins for tunables. This value must fit the range of tcache->num_slots[] entries, else they may overflow. */