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Add __default_init_tag to basic_string constructors
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Authored by mvels on Nov 22 2019, 2:58 PM.

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Summary

This removes unneeded zero initialization of string data.

For example, given the below code:

void Init(void *mem) {

new (mem) std::string("Hello World");

}

Assembly before:

Init(void*):

xorps   xmm0, xmm0
movups  xmmword ptr [rdi], xmm0
mov     qword ptr [rdi + 16], 0
mov     byte ptr [rdi], 22
movabs  rax, 8022916924116329800
mov     qword ptr [rdi + 1], rax
mov     dword ptr [rdi + 8], 1684828783
mov     byte ptr [rdi + 12], 0
ret

Assembly after:

Init():

mov     byte ptr [rdi], 22
movabs  rax, 8022916924116329800
mov     qword ptr [rdi + 1], rax
mov     dword ptr [rdi + 8], 1684828783
mov     byte ptr [rdi + 12], 0
ret

Event Timeline

mvels created this revision.Nov 22 2019, 2:58 PM
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mvels added a comment.Dec 4 2019, 2:41 PM

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EricWF accepted this revision.Dec 12 2019, 11:45 AM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 12 2019, 11:45 AM
nick added a subscriber: nick.Jun 14 2021, 2:42 PM

This change introduced an MSAN error https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50112

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