[PATCH 3/4] libm/stdlib: Realloc when shrinking by 2* or more
Keith Packard via Newlib <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.lib.newlib |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This reduces memory usage when reallocating objects much smaller. Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <[email protected]> --- newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c index cef23977e..83234c618 100644 --- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c +++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c @@ -476,10 +476,8 @@ void * nano_realloc(RARG void * ptr, malloc_size_t size) return NULL; } - /* TODO: There is chance to shrink the chunk if newly requested - * size is much small */ old_size = nano_malloc_usable_size(RCALL ptr); - if (old_size >= size) + if (size <= old_size && (old_size >> 1) < size) return ptr; mem = nano_malloc(RCALL size); -- 2.28.0