- core/hakmem_tiny_fastcache.inc.h: make tiny_fast_pop/push read/write next at base+1 for C0–C6; clear C7 next on pop
- core/hakmem_tiny_hot_pop.inc.h: header-aware next reads for g_fast_head pops (classes 0–3)
- core/tiny_free_magazine.inc.h: header-aware chain linking for BG spill chain (base+1 for C0–C6)
- core/box/front_gate_classifier.c: registry fallback classifies headerless only for class 7; others as headered
Build OK; bench_fixed_size_hakmem still SIGBUS right after init. FREE_ROUTE trace shows invalid frees (ptr=0xa0, etc.). Next steps: instrument early frees and audit remaining header-aware writes in any front caches not yet patched.
- Root cause: header-based class indexing (HEADER_CLASSIDX=1) wrote a 1-byte
header during allocation, but linear carve/refill and initial slab capacity
still used bare class block sizes. This mismatch could overrun slab usable
space and corrupt freelists, causing reproducible SEGV at ~100k iters.
Changes
- Superslab: compute capacity with effective stride (block_size + header for
classes 0..6; class7 remains headerless) in superslab_init_slab(). Add a
debug-only bound check in superslab_alloc_from_slab() to fail fast if carve
would exceed usable bytes.
- Refill (non-P0 and P0): use header-aware stride for all linear carving and
TLS window bump operations. Ensure alignment/validation in tiny_refill_opt.h
also uses stride, not raw class size.
- Drain: keep existing defense-in-depth for remote sentinel and sanitize nodes
before splicing into freelist (already present).
Notes
- This unifies the memory layout across alloc/linear-carve/refill with a single
stride definition and keeps class7 (1024B) headerless as designed.
- Debug builds add fail-fast checks; release builds remain lean.
Next
- Re-run Tiny benches (256/1024B) in debug to confirm stability, then in
release. If any remaining crash persists, bisect with HAKMEM_TINY_P0_BATCH_REFILL=0
to isolate P0 batch carve, and continue reducing branch-miss as planned.
Optimization:
=============
Add HAKMEM_BUILD_RELEASE check to trc_refill_guard_enabled():
- Release builds (NDEBUG defined): Always return 0 (no logging)
- Debug builds: Check HAKMEM_TINY_REFILL_FAILFAST env var
This eliminates fprintf() calls and getenv() overhead in release builds.
Benchmark Results:
==================
Before: 1,015,347 ops/s
After: 1,046,392 ops/s
→ +3.1% improvement! 🚀
Perf Analysis (before fix):
- buffered_vfprintf: 4.90% CPU (fprintf overhead)
- hak_tiny_free_superslab: 52.63% (main hotspot)
- superslab_refill: 14.53%
Note: NDEBUG is not currently defined in Makefile, so
HAKMEM_BUILD_RELEASE=0 by default. Real gains will be
higher with -DNDEBUG in production builds.
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