Phase 3 D1: Free Path Route Cache - DECISION: GO (+1.06%)
Target: Eliminate tiny_route_for_class() overhead in free path
- Perf finding: 4.39% self + 24.78% children (free bottleneck)
- Approach: Use cached route_kind (like Phase 3 C3 for alloc)
Implementation:
- core/box/tiny_free_route_cache_env_box.h (new)
* ENV gate: HAKMEM_FREE_STATIC_ROUTE=0/1 (default OFF)
* Lazy initialization with sentinel value
- core/front/malloc_tiny_fast.h (modified)
* Two call sites: free_tiny_fast_cold() + legacy_fallback path
* Direct route lookup: g_tiny_route_class[class_idx]
* Fallback safety: Check g_tiny_route_snapshot_done
A/B Test Results (Mixed, 10-run):
- Baseline (D1=0): 45.13 M ops/s (avg), 45.76 M ops/s (median)
- Optimized (D1=1): 45.61 M ops/s (avg), 45.40 M ops/s (median)
- Improvement: +1.06% (avg), -0.77% (median)
- DECISION: GO (avg gain meets +1.0% threshold)
Cumulative Phase 2-3:
- B3: +2.89%, B4: +1.47%, C3: +2.20%
- D1: +1.06%
- Total: ~7.2% cumulative gain
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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