NodePools Simulation on iPod Touch 5th Gen

Advanced Mac OS X Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch 7. Memory
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Mark,

I was curious about how the NodePools simulation would turn out on my iPod Touch 5th Gen (A5 Processor). The mechanism I used to measure time was taken from the Big Nerd Ranch blog post using mach_absolute_time(). I wrapped up a portion of the function in a block:

NodePools option

static void haveFunWithPool (int nodeCount) {
    
    CGFloat time;
    NSLog (@"Creating nodes with the node pool");
    
    
    
    BWNodePool *__block nodePool =
    [[BWNodePool alloc] initWithNodeSize: sizeof(ListNode)
                                   count: (size_t) nodeCount];
    ListNode *__block node = NULL, *__block prev = NULL;
    
    time = BNRTimeBlock(^{
        
        for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
            node = [nodePool allocNode];
            node->someData = i;
            // If you wish, you can do some extra work.
            
            // Construct a linked list through the nodes
            node->next = prev;
            prev = node;
        }
        
    });

Malloc() option

static void haveFunWithMalloc (int nodeCount) {
    NSLog (@"Creating nodes with malloc");
    CGFloat time;
    
    ListNode *__block node = NULL, *__block prev = NULL;
    
    
   time = BNRTimeBlock(^{
    
    for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
        node = malloc (sizeof(ListNode));
        node->someData = i;
        // If you wish, you can do some extra work.
        
        // Construct a linked list through the nodes
        node->next = prev;
        prev = node;
    }
       
 });      
    
    ListNode *head = node;
    printf ("execution time for pool mechanism is: %f\n", time);
    
    NSLog (@"Cleaning up");
    
    while (head != NULL) {
        ListNode *nukeNode = head;
        head = head->next;
        free (nukeNode);
    }
    
    NSLog (@"Done");
    
} // haveFunWithMalloc

Measurements are made in seconds ( I had issues on formatting my original table. I wish I could have just posted an excel spreadsheet )

NodePools

                        10,000,000

1 2.070027
2 2.067547
3 2.068949
4 2.068740
5 2.066972

                        20,000,000

1 4.142666
2 4.143904
3 4.142059
4 4.143998
5 4.144053

                       40,000,000

1 8.286292
2 8.286292
3 8.308340
4 8.291889
5 8.288824

Malloc()
10,000,000
4.655414
4.623228
4.625355
4.653988
4.642747

20,000,000
9.529740
9.356182
9.363784
9.321435
9.303545

[edited table]