- Noticed a major slowdown with the fairly-recently implemented allocation...

 - Noticed a major slowdown with the fairly-recently implemented allocation strategy scheme for irrArray (About 5 times slowdown) mainly due to the switch statement in the time critical section. So I re-implemented it as a static template-based system and now the speed is a lot more acceptable.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/irrlicht/code/trunk@2939 dfc29bdd-3216-0410-991c-e03cc46cb475

include/IAnimatedMeshMD3.h

@@ -213,10 +213,7 @@ namespace scene
 	//! holds a associative list of named quaternions
 	struct SMD3QuaternionTagList
 	{
-		SMD3QuaternionTagList ()
-		{
-			Container.setAllocStrategy ( core::ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE );
-		}
+		SMD3QuaternionTagList () {}
 
 		// construct copy constructor
 		SMD3QuaternionTagList( const SMD3QuaternionTagList & copyMe )
@@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ namespace scene
 		}
 
 	private:
-		core::array < SMD3QuaternionTag > Container;
+		core::array < SMD3QuaternionTag, core::irrAllocator<SMD3QuaternionTag>, core::irrAllocStrategySafe > Container;
 	};
 
 

include/IQ3Shader.h

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace quake3
 
 	// some useful typedefs
 	typedef core::array< core::stringc > tStringList;
-	typedef core::array< video::ITexture* > tTexArray;
+	typedef core::array< video::ITexture*, core::irrAllocator<video::ITexture*>, core::irrAllocStrategySafe > tTexArray;
 
 	// string helper.. TODO: move to generic files
 	inline s16 isEqual ( const core::stringc &string, u32 &pos, const c8 *list[], u16 listSize )
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ namespace quake3
 	// string database. "a" = "Hello", "b" = "1234.6"
 	struct SVarGroup
 	{
-		SVarGroup () { Variable.setAllocStrategy ( core::ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE ); }
+		SVarGroup () {}
 		virtual ~SVarGroup () {}
 
 		u32 isDefined ( const c8 * name, const c8 * content = 0 ) const
@@ -617,19 +617,16 @@ namespace quake3
 		}
 
 
-		core::array < SVariable > Variable;
+		core::array < SVariable, core::irrAllocator<SVariable>, core::irrAllocStrategySafe > Variable;
 	};
 
 	//! holding a group a variable
 	struct SVarGroupList: public IReferenceCounted
 	{
-		SVarGroupList ()
-		{
-			VariableGroup.setAllocStrategy ( core::ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE );
-		}
+		SVarGroupList () {}
 		virtual ~SVarGroupList () {}
 
-		core::array < SVarGroup > VariableGroup;
+		core::array < SVarGroup, core::irrAllocator<SVarGroup>, core::irrAllocStrategySafe > VariableGroup;
 	};
 
 

include/irrAllocator.h

@@ -109,11 +109,62 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 //! defines an allocation strategy
-enum eAllocStrategy
+enum EAllocStrategy
 {
 	ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE    = 0,
 	ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE  = 1,
-	ALLOC_STRATEGY_SQRT    = 2
+	ALLOC_STRATEGY_SQ    = 2
+};
+
+class irrAllocStrategyDouble
+{
+public:
+
+	//! Returns the new size of the buffer based on the current size.
+	const u32 getNewSize(const u32 oldSize) const
+	{		
+		return oldSize + oldSize + 1;
+	}
+
+	//! Returns the EAllocStrategy enum of this allocation strategist.
+	EAllocStrategy getAllocationStrategy() const
+	{
+		return ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE;
+	}
+};
+
+class irrAllocStrategySafe
+{
+public:
+
+	//! Returns the new size of the buffer based on the current size.
+	const u32 getNewSize(const u32 oldSize) const
+	{		
+		return oldSize + 1;
+	}
+
+	//! Returns the EAllocStrategy enum of this allocation strategist.
+	EAllocStrategy getAllocationStrategy() const
+	{
+		return ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE;
+	}
+};
+
+class irrAllocStrategySq
+{
+public:
+
+	//! Returns the new size of the buffer based on the current size.
+	const u32 getNewSize(const u32 oldSize) const
+	{		
+		return oldSize * oldSize + 1;
+	}
+
+	//! Returns the EAllocStrategy enum of this allocation strategist.
+	EAllocStrategy getAllocationStrategy() const
+	{
+		return ALLOC_STRATEGY_SQ;
+	}
 };
 
 

include/irrArray.h

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace core
 //! Self reallocating template array (like stl vector) with additional features.
 /** Some features are: Heap sorting, binary search methods, easier debugging.
 */
-template <class T, typename TAlloc = irrAllocator<T> >
+template <class T, typename TAlloc = irrAllocator<T>, typename TAllocStrategy = irrAllocStrategyDouble >
 class array
 {
 
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ public:
 
 	//! Default constructor for empty array.
 	array()
-		: data(0), allocated(0), used(0),
-			strategy(ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE), free_when_destroyed(true), is_sorted(true)
+		: data(0), allocated(0), used(0), free_when_destroyed(true), is_sorted(true)
 	{
 	}
 
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ public:
 	//! Constructs an array and allocates an initial chunk of memory.
 	/** \param start_count Amount of elements to pre-allocate. */
 	array(u32 start_count)
-      : data(0), allocated(0), used(0),
-        strategy(ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE), free_when_destroyed(true), is_sorted(true)
+      : data(0), allocated(0), used(0), free_when_destroyed(true), is_sorted(true)
 	{
 		reallocate(start_count);
 	}
@@ -85,17 +83,6 @@ public:
 		allocator.deallocate(old_data); //delete [] old_data;
 	}
 
-
-	//! set a new allocation strategy
-	/** if the maximum size of the array is unknown, you can define how big the
-	allocation should happen.
-	\param newStrategy New strategy to apply to this array. */
-	void setAllocStrategy ( eAllocStrategy newStrategy = ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE )
-	{
-		strategy = newStrategy;
-	}
-
-
 	//! Adds an element at back of array.
 	/** If the array is too small to add this new element it is made bigger.
 	\param element: Element to add at the back of the array. */
@@ -134,18 +121,7 @@ public:
 			const T e(element);
 
 			// increase data block
-			u32 newAlloc;
-			switch ( strategy )
-			{
-				case ALLOC_STRATEGY_DOUBLE:
-					newAlloc = used + 1 + (allocated < 500 ?
-							(allocated < 5 ? 5 : used) : used >> 2);
-					break;
-				default:
-				case ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE:
-					newAlloc = used + 1;
-					break;
-			}
+			const u32 newAlloc = allocatorStrategy.getNewSize(used);
 			reallocate( newAlloc);
 
 			// move array content and construct new element
@@ -249,8 +225,6 @@ public:
 	//! Assignment operator
 	void operator=(const array<T>& other)
 	{
-		strategy = other.strategy;
-
 		if (data)
 			clear();
 
@@ -568,7 +542,7 @@ private:
 	u32 allocated;
 	u32 used;
 	TAlloc allocator;
-	eAllocStrategy strategy:4;
+	TAllocStrategy allocatorStrategy;
 	bool free_when_destroyed:1;
 	bool is_sorted:1;
 };

source/Irrlicht/CQuake3ShaderSceneNode.cpp

@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ void CQuake3ShaderSceneNode::loadTextures( io::IFileSystem * fileSystem )
 	}
 
 	// clear all stages and prefill empty
-	Q3Texture.setAllocStrategy ( core::ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE );
 	Q3Texture.clear();
 	for ( i = 0; i != Shader->VarGroup->VariableGroup.size(); ++i )
 	{

source/Irrlicht/CQuake3ShaderSceneNode.h

@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ private:
 		SQ3Texture () :
 			TextureIndex ( 0 ),
 			TextureFrequency(0.f),
-			TextureAddressMode( video::ETC_REPEAT )
-			{
-				Texture.setAllocStrategy ( core::ALLOC_STRATEGY_SAFE );
-			}
+			TextureAddressMode( video::ETC_REPEAT )	{}
 
 		quake3::tTexArray Texture;
 
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ private:
 		video::E_TEXTURE_CLAMP TextureAddressMode;	// Wrapping/Clamping
 	};
 
-	core::array< SQ3Texture > Q3Texture;
+	core::array< SQ3Texture, core::irrAllocator<SQ3Texture>, core::irrAllocStrategySafe > Q3Texture;
 
 	void loadTextures ( io::IFileSystem * fileSystem );
 	void addBuffer ( scene::SMeshBufferLightMap * buffer );