[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-524062 ] USE_CACHE_ALIGNED still helpful?
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Bugs item #524062, was opened at 2002-02-28 22:53
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: USE_CACHE_ALIGNED still helpful?
Initial Comment:
Jack asked for this report:
"""
MacPython uses it. At the time it was put in it caused
a 15% increase in Pystones because dictionary entries
were aligned in cache lines. But: this was in the PPC
601 and 604 era, I must say that I've never tested
whether it made any difference on G3 and G4.
Put in a bug report in my name, and one day I'll get
around to testing whether it still makes a difference
on current hardware and rip it out if it doesn't.
"""
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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2002-04-11 23:49
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As MacPython normally uses the standard MSL malloc nowadays (and will probably use pymalloc in the future) the benefit of USE_CACHE_ALIGNED has disappeared. I've removed it.
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