Implement a pool in FMT to avoid allocating heap memory when passing a char* to the backend, usually when formatting a %s argument.

Previously since a char* can have any length, this was managed by FMT by converting it into a std::string.
Now we store it into a configurable size node that can store a fixed size string, otherwise it falls back to std::string.

lib/include/srsran/srslog/bundled/fmt/core.h

@@ -1276,6 +1276,10 @@ template <typename T> const T& unwrap(const std::reference_wrapper<T>& v) {
 }
 
 class dynamic_arg_list {
+public:
+  static constexpr std::size_t max_pool_string_size = 140;
+
+private:
   // Workaround for clang's -Wweak-vtables. Unlike for regular classes, for
   // templates it doesn't complain about inability to deduce single translation
   // unit for placing vtable. So storage_node_base is made a fake template.
@@ -1284,6 +1288,10 @@ class dynamic_arg_list {
     std::unique_ptr<node<>> next;
   };
 
+  // Pool storage allocation functions.
+  static void *allocate_from_pool(std::size_t sz);
+  static void free_from_pool(void *ptr);
+
   template <typename T> struct typed_node : node<> {
     T value;
 
@@ -1295,9 +1303,35 @@ class dynamic_arg_list {
         : value(arg.data(), arg.size()) {}
   };
 
+  struct pooled_node : node<> {
+    std::array<char, max_pool_string_size> value;
+
+    static void* operator new(std::size_t sz) {
+      return allocate_from_pool(sz);
+    }
+    static void operator delete(void* ptr) {
+      free_from_pool(ptr);
+    }
+
+    pooled_node(const char *str, std::size_t sz) {
+      FMT_ASSERT(sz < value.size(), "String is too big");
+      std::copy(str, str + sz, value.begin());
+    }
+  };
+
   std::unique_ptr<node<>> head_;
 
  public:
+  static constexpr std::size_t max_pool_node_size = sizeof(pooled_node);
+
+  const char *push_small_string(const char *str, std::size_t sz) {
+    auto new_node  = std::unique_ptr<pooled_node>(new pooled_node(str, sz));
+    auto& value    = new_node->value;
+    new_node->next = std::move(head_);
+    head_          = std::move(new_node);
+    return value.data();
+  }
+
   template <typename T, typename Arg> const T& push(const Arg& arg) {
     auto new_node = std::unique_ptr<typed_node<T>>(new typed_node<T>(arg));
     auto& value = new_node->value;
@@ -1541,11 +1575,24 @@ class dynamic_format_arg_store
       std::string result = fmt::vformat("{} and {} and {}", store);
     \endrst
   */
-  template <typename T> void push_back(const T& arg) {
-    if (detail::const_check(need_copy<T>::value))
-      emplace_arg(dynamic_args_.push<stored_type<T>>(arg));
-    else
+  template <typename T,
+      typename std::enable_if<detail::is_string<typename std::decay<T>::type>::value, int>::type = 0>
+   void push_back(const T& arg) {
+    fmt::string_view view(arg);
+    if (view.size() + 1 < dynamic_args_.max_pool_string_size) {
+      emplace_arg(dynamic_args_.push_small_string(view.data(), view.size() + 1));
+    } else {
+      emplace_arg(dynamic_args_.push<stored_type<T> >(arg));
+    }
+  }
+  template <typename T,
+      typename std::enable_if<!detail::is_string<typename std::decay<T>::type>::value, int>::type = 0>
+  void push_back(const T& arg) {
+    if (detail::const_check(need_copy<T>::value)) {
+      emplace_arg(dynamic_args_.push<stored_type<T> >(arg));
+    } else {
       emplace_arg(detail::unwrap(arg));
+    }
   }
 
   /**

lib/src/srslog/bundled/fmt/format.cc

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // For the license information refer to format.h.
 
 #include "fmt/format-inl.h"
+#include <mutex>
 
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace detail {
@@ -23,6 +24,60 @@ int format_float(char* buf, std::size_t size, const char* format, int precision,
   return precision < 0 ? snprintf_ptr(buf, size, format, value)
                        : snprintf_ptr(buf, size, format, precision, value);
 }
+
+#define NODE_POOL_SIZE (10000u)
+class dyn_node_pool
+{
+  using type = std::array<uint8_t, dynamic_arg_list::max_pool_node_size>;
+
+public:
+  dyn_node_pool() {
+    pool.resize(NODE_POOL_SIZE);
+    free_list.reserve(NODE_POOL_SIZE);
+    for (auto& elem : pool) {
+      free_list.push_back(elem.data());
+    }
+  }
+
+  void* alloc(std::size_t sz) {
+    assert(sz <= dynamic_arg_list::max_pool_node_size && "Object is too large to fit in the pool");
+
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m);
+    if (free_list.empty()) {
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto* p = free_list.back();
+    free_list.pop_back();
+
+    return p;
+  }
+
+  void dealloc(void* p) {
+    if (!p) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m);
+    free_list.push_back(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(p));
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::vector<type> pool;
+  std::vector<uint8_t *> free_list;
+  mutable std::mutex m;
+};
+
+static dyn_node_pool node_pool;
+
+void *dynamic_arg_list::allocate_from_pool(std::size_t sz) {
+  return node_pool.alloc(sz);
+}
+
+void dynamic_arg_list::free_from_pool(void *ptr) {
+  return node_pool.dealloc(ptr);
+}
+
 }  // namespace detail
 
 template struct FMT_INSTANTIATION_DEF_API detail::basic_data<void>;