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Re: [RFC] Make getenv O(1)
- From: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- To: Alexander Monakov <amonakov at ispras dot ru>
- Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>, Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:09:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Make getenv O(1)
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 08:55:37PM +0400, Alexander Monakov wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, OndÅej BÃlka wrote:
> > Why, following does not need synchronization.
> >
> > #define GETENV(x) ({ \
> > static char *__ret = NULL; \
> > if (__builtin_constant_p (x) && !__cached) \
> > __ret = getenv (x) + 1; \
> > __builtin_constant_p (x) ? __ret - 1: getenv (x);})
>
> This wouldn't compile as __cached is not defined (and I'll admit I don't see
> what approach you're trying to convey).
>
s/__cached/__ret/
Its having one variable instead two so it concurent access cannot
return unitialized ret.