Re: Virtual Inheritance Performance Impact
chsalvia@gmail.com wrote:
class Base {
public:
int x;
void func1() { x = 2; }
};
class A : public virtual Base {
public:
int y;
};
class B : public virtual Base {
public:
int z;
};
class Derived : public A, public B {
public:
};
int main() {
Derived d;
d.func1(); // does this function call entail additional
overhead?
}
Here is the generated assembler code of g++-4.2:
main:
pushq %rbp
movq %rsp, %rbp
subq $32, %rsp
leaq -32(%rbp), %rdi
call _ZN7DerivedC1Ev # This call only with virtual inheritance
leaq -32(%rbp), %rax
leaq 28(%rax), %rdi
call _ZN4Base5func1Ev # call member function
movl $0, %eax
leave
ret
So there is additional overhead.
On the other hand with optimization enabled the result is:
main:
xorl %eax, %eax
ret
Probably it is possible to create an example that cannot optimize away
the additional overhead.
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