Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ?

From	Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject	Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ?
Date	2011-09-10 17:58 +0100
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:48:56 -0400, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

>> In theory at least, a compiler could create self-modifying code that
>> would convert virtual function calls to direct function calls. That
>> is, at runtime after the code gets the function pointer from the
>> vtable, it could also rewrite the machine code inside the tight loop
>> to directly call that function. Of course, as a practical matter it
>> would be pretty hard for a compiler to do that, but it is
>> theoretically possible.
> 
> Assuming a single-threaded environment :)

It would work in a multi-threaded environment provided that it can update
function pointers and/or jump instructions atomically.

A bigger problem nowadays would be W^X (write or execute but not both)
memory protection.

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does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-06 11:31 -0500
  Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-09-06 10:00 -0700
    Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-06 14:09 -0500
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-09-06 12:35 -0700
        Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? "Kevin P. Fleming" <news@kpfleming.us> - 2011-09-06 16:41 -0500
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-09-11 12:02 +0200
    Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? "Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de> - 2011-09-07 02:42 +0200
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 07:39 -0700
        Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2011-09-07 11:46 -0400
    Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-07 01:45 +0100
  Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2011-09-06 19:12 +0200
    Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-06 14:13 -0500
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-09-06 21:57 +0200
        Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2011-09-06 22:40 +0200
          Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-06 16:13 -0500
            Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-09-07 08:01 +0000
              Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-14 12:08 -0500
                Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-14 14:04 -0500
        Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2011-09-06 16:11 -0500
          Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-09-07 11:44 -0500
            Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 14:11 -0700
              Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-09-08 01:26 -0500
              Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-08 07:37 +0100
              Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? zindorsky <nephi.allred@gmail.com> - 2011-09-09 10:20 -0700
                Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? "Kevin P. Fleming" <news@kpfleming.us> - 2011-09-10 11:48 -0400
                Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-10 17:58 +0100
  Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-09-07 06:19 +0000
  Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-09-06 23:52 -0700
    Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-09-07 07:57 +0000
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-09-07 10:39 +0000
      Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 04:30 -0700
        Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-09-07 13:04 +0000
          Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-09-07 06:18 -0700
  Re: does virtualizing all methods slow C++ down ? ld <laurent.deniau@gmail.com> - 2011-09-08 05:34 -0700

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