Limit free list of method and builtin function objects to 256 entries each.
diff --git a/Objects/methodobject.c b/Objects/methodobject.c
index 3daa9dd..17e905b 100644
--- a/Objects/methodobject.c
+++ b/Objects/methodobject.c
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
#include "Python.h"
#include "structmember.h"
+/* Free list for method objects to safe malloc/free overhead
+ * The m_self element is used to chain the objects.
+ */
static PyCFunctionObject *free_list = NULL;
+static int numfree = 0;
+#define MAXFREELIST 256
PyObject *
PyCFunction_NewEx(PyMethodDef *ml, PyObject *self, PyObject *module)
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@
if (op != NULL) {
free_list = (PyCFunctionObject *)(op->m_self);
PyObject_INIT(op, &PyCFunction_Type);
+ numfree--;
}
else {
op = PyObject_GC_New(PyCFunctionObject, &PyCFunction_Type);
@@ -125,8 +131,14 @@
_PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(m);
Py_XDECREF(m->m_self);
Py_XDECREF(m->m_module);
- m->m_self = (PyObject *)free_list;
- free_list = m;
+ if (numfree < MAXFREELIST) {
+ m->m_self = (PyObject *)free_list;
+ free_list = m;
+ numfree++;
+ }
+ else {
+ PyObject_GC_Del(m);
+ }
}
static PyObject *
@@ -346,14 +358,16 @@
PyCFunctionObject *v = free_list;
free_list = (PyCFunctionObject *)(v->m_self);
PyObject_GC_Del(v);
+ numfree--;
}
+ assert(numfree == 0);
}
/* PyCFunction_New() is now just a macro that calls PyCFunction_NewEx(),
but it's part of the API so we need to keep a function around that
existing C extensions can call.
*/
-
+
#undef PyCFunction_New
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCFunction_New(PyMethodDef *, PyObject *);