runtime: pass key/value to map accessors by reference, not by value.

This change is part of the plan to get rid of all vararg C calls
which are a pain for getting exact stack scanning.

We allocate a chunk of zero memory to return a pointer to when a
map access doesn't find the key.  This is simpler than returning nil
and fixing things up in the caller.  Linker magic allocates a single
zero memory area that is shared by all (non-reflect-generated) map
types.

Passing things by reference gets rid of some copies, so it speeds
up code with big keys/values.

benchmark             old ns/op    new ns/op    delta
BenchmarkBigKeyMap           34           31   -8.48%
BenchmarkBigValMap           37           30  -18.62%
BenchmarkSmallKeyMap         26           23  -11.28%

R=golang-dev, dvyukov, khr, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/14794043

src/cmd/gc/builtin.c

@@ -60,20 +60,18 @@ char *runtimeimport =
 	"func @\"\".efacethash (@\"\".i1·2 any) (@\"\".ret·1 uint32)\n"
 	"func @\"\".equal (@\"\".typ·2 *byte, @\"\".x1·3 any, @\"\".x2·4 any) (@\"\".ret·1 bool)\n"
 	"func @\"\".makemap (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hint·3 int64) (@\"\".hmap·1 map[any]any)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapaccess1 (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hmap·3 map[any]any, @\"\".key·4 any) (@\"\".val·1 any)\n"
+	"func @\"\".mapaccess1 (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hmap·3 map[any]any, @\"\".key·4 *any) (@\"\".val·1 *any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess1_fast32 (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hmap·3 map[any]any, @\"\".key·4 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess1_fast64 (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hmap·3 map[any]any, @\"\".key·4 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess1_faststr (@\"\".mapType·2 *byte, @\"\".hmap·3 map[any]any, @\"\".key·4 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapaccess2 (@\"\".mapType·3 *byte, @\"\".hmap·4 map[any]any, @\"\".key·5 any) (@\"\".val·1 any, @\"\".pres·2 bool)\n"
+	"func @\"\".mapaccess2 (@\"\".mapType·3 *byte, @\"\".hmap·4 map[any]any, @\"\".key·5 *any) (@\"\".val·1 *any, @\"\".pres·2 bool)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess2_fast32 (@\"\".mapType·3 *byte, @\"\".hmap·4 map[any]any, @\"\".key·5 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any, @\"\".pres·2 bool)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess2_fast64 (@\"\".mapType·3 *byte, @\"\".hmap·4 map[any]any, @\"\".key·5 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any, @\"\".pres·2 bool)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapaccess2_faststr (@\"\".mapType·3 *byte, @\"\".hmap·4 map[any]any, @\"\".key·5 any) (@\"\".val·1 *any, @\"\".pres·2 bool)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapassign1 (@\"\".mapType·1 *byte, @\"\".hmap·2 map[any]any, @\"\".key·3 any, @\"\".val·4 any)\n"
+	"func @\"\".mapassign1 (@\"\".mapType·1 *byte, @\"\".hmap·2 map[any]any, @\"\".key·3 *any, @\"\".val·4 *any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapiterinit (@\"\".mapType·1 *byte, @\"\".hmap·2 map[any]any, @\"\".hiter·3 *any)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapdelete (@\"\".mapType·1 *byte, @\"\".hmap·2 map[any]any, @\"\".key·3 any)\n"
+	"func @\"\".mapdelete (@\"\".mapType·1 *byte, @\"\".hmap·2 map[any]any, @\"\".key·3 *any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".mapiternext (@\"\".hiter·1 *any)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapiter1 (@\"\".hiter·2 *any) (@\"\".key·1 any)\n"
-	"func @\"\".mapiter2 (@\"\".hiter·3 *any) (@\"\".key·1 any, @\"\".val·2 any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".makechan (@\"\".chanType·2 *byte, @\"\".hint·3 int64) (@\"\".hchan·1 chan any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".chanrecv1 (@\"\".chanType·2 *byte, @\"\".hchan·3 <-chan any) (@\"\".elem·1 any)\n"
 	"func @\"\".chanrecv2 (@\"\".chanType·3 *byte, @\"\".hchan·4 <-chan any) (@\"\".elem·1 any, @\"\".received·2 bool)\n"

src/cmd/gc/fmt.c

@@ -706,6 +706,10 @@ typefmt(Fmt *fp, Type *t)
 			t = t->hmap;
 			return fmtprint(fp, "map.bucket[%T]%T", t->down, t->type);
 		}
+		if(t->hiter != T) {
+			t = t->hiter;
+			return fmtprint(fp, "map.iter[%T]%T", t->down, t->type);
+		}
 
 		if(t->funarg) {
 			fmtstrcpy(fp, "(");

src/cmd/gc/go.h

@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct	Type
 	// TMAP
 	Type*	bucket;		// internal type representing a hash bucket
 	Type*	hmap;		// internal type representing a Hmap (map header object)
+	Type*	hiter;		// internal type representing hash iterator state
 
 	int32	maplineno;	// first use of TFORW as map key
 	int32	embedlineno;	// first use of TFORW as embedded type
@@ -1274,6 +1275,7 @@ Sym*	tracksym(Type *t);
 Sym*	typesymprefix(char *prefix, Type *t);
 int	haspointers(Type *t);
 void	usefield(Node*);
+Type*	hiter(Type* t);
 
 /*
  *	select.c

src/cmd/gc/range.c

@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ walkrange(Node *n)
 	Node *hb;  // hidden bool
 	Node *a, *v1, *v2;	// not hidden aggregate, val 1, 2
 	Node *fn, *tmp;
+	Node *keyname, *valname;
+	Node *key, *val;
 	NodeList *body, *init;
 	Type *th, *t;
 	int lno;
@@ -182,37 +184,33 @@ walkrange(Node *n)
 		break;
 
 	case TMAP:
-		th = typ(TARRAY);
-		th->type = ptrto(types[TUINT8]);
-		// see ../../pkg/runtime/hashmap.c:/hash_iter
-		// Size of hash_iter in # of pointers.
-		th->bound = 11;
+		// allocate an iterator state structure on the stack
+		th = hiter(t);
 		hit = temp(th);
+		keyname = newname(th->type->sym);  // depends on layout of iterator struct.  See reflect.c:hiter
+		valname = newname(th->type->down->sym); // ditto
 
 		fn = syslook("mapiterinit", 1);
 		argtype(fn, t->down);
 		argtype(fn, t->type);
 		argtype(fn, th);
 		init = list(init, mkcall1(fn, T, nil, typename(t), ha, nod(OADDR, hit, N)));
-		n->ntest = nod(ONE, nod(OINDEX, hit, nodintconst(0)), nodnil());
+		n->ntest = nod(ONE, nod(ODOT, hit, keyname), nodnil());
 
 		fn = syslook("mapiternext", 1);
 		argtype(fn, th);
 		n->nincr = mkcall1(fn, T, nil, nod(OADDR, hit, N));
 
+		key = nod(ODOT, hit, keyname);
+		key = nod(OIND, key, N);
 		if(v2 == N) {
-			fn = syslook("mapiter1", 1);
-			argtype(fn, th);
-			argtype(fn, t->down);
-			a = nod(OAS, v1, mkcall1(fn, t->down, nil, nod(OADDR, hit, N)));
+			a = nod(OAS, v1, key);
 		} else {
-			fn = syslook("mapiter2", 1);
-			argtype(fn, th);
-			argtype(fn, t->down);
-			argtype(fn, t->type);
+			val = nod(ODOT, hit, valname);
+			val = nod(OIND, val, N);
 			a = nod(OAS2, N, N);
 			a->list = list(list1(v1), v2);
-			a->rlist = list1(mkcall1(fn, getoutargx(fn->type), nil, nod(OADDR, hit, N)));
+			a->rlist = list(list1(key), val);
 		}
 		body = list1(a);
 		break;

src/cmd/gc/reflect.c

@@ -233,6 +233,85 @@ hmap(Type *t)
 	return h;
 }
 
+Type*
+hiter(Type *t)
+{
+	int32 n, off;
+	Type *field[7];
+	Type *i;
+
+	if(t->hiter != T)
+		return t->hiter;
+
+	// build a struct:
+	// hash_iter {
+	//    key *Key
+	//    val *Value
+	//    t *MapType
+	//    h *Hmap
+	//    buckets *Bucket
+	//    bptr *Bucket
+	//    other [5]uintptr
+	// }
+	// must match ../../pkg/runtime/hashmap.c:hash_iter.
+	field[0] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[0]->type = ptrto(t->down);
+	field[0]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[0]->sym->name = "key";
+	
+	field[1] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[1]->type = ptrto(t->type);
+	field[1]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[1]->sym->name = "val";
+	
+	field[2] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[2]->type = ptrto(types[TUINT8]); // TODO: is there a Type type?
+	field[2]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[2]->sym->name = "t";
+	
+	field[3] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[3]->type = ptrto(hmap(t));
+	field[3]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[3]->sym->name = "h";
+	
+	field[4] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[4]->type = ptrto(mapbucket(t));
+	field[4]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[4]->sym->name = "buckets";
+	
+	field[5] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[5]->type = ptrto(mapbucket(t));
+	field[5]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[5]->sym->name = "bptr";
+	
+	// all other non-pointer fields
+	field[6] = typ(TFIELD);
+	field[6]->type = typ(TARRAY);
+	field[6]->type->type = types[TUINTPTR];
+	field[6]->type->bound = 5;
+	field[6]->type->width = 5 * widthptr;
+	field[6]->sym = mal(sizeof(Sym));
+	field[6]->sym->name = "other";
+	
+	// build iterator struct holding the above fields
+	i = typ(TSTRUCT);
+	i->noalg = 1;
+	i->type = field[0];
+	off = 0;
+	for(n = 0; n < 6; n++) {
+		field[n]->down = field[n+1];
+		field[n]->width = off;
+		off += field[n]->type->width;
+	}
+	field[6]->down = T;
+	off += field[6]->type->width;
+	if(off != 11 * widthptr)
+		yyerror("hash_iter size not correct %d %d", off, 11 * widthptr);
+	t->hiter = i;
+	i->hiter = t;
+	return i;
+}
+
 /*
  * f is method type, with receiver.
  * return function type, receiver as first argument (or not).
@@ -656,7 +735,7 @@ static int
 dcommontype(Sym *s, int ot, Type *t)
 {
 	int i, alg, sizeofAlg;
-	Sym *sptr, *algsym;
+	Sym *sptr, *algsym, *zero;
 	static Sym *algarray;
 	char *p;
 	
@@ -677,6 +756,18 @@ dcommontype(Sym *s, int ot, Type *t)
 	else
 		sptr = weaktypesym(ptrto(t));
 
+	// All (non-reflect-allocated) Types share the same zero object.
+	// Each place in the compiler where a pointer to the zero object
+	// might be returned by a runtime call (map access return value,
+	// 2-arg type cast) declares the size of the zerovalue it needs.
+	// The linker magically takes the max of all the sizes.
+	zero = pkglookup("zerovalue", runtimepkg);
+	ggloblsym(zero, 0, 1, 1);
+	// We use size 0 here so we get the pointer to the zero value,
+	// but don't allocate space for the zero value unless we need it.
+	// TODO: how do we get this symbol into bss?  We really want
+	// a read-only bss, but I don't think such a thing exists.
+
 	// ../../pkg/reflect/type.go:/^type.commonType
 	// actual type structure
 	//	type commonType struct {
@@ -691,6 +782,7 @@ dcommontype(Sym *s, int ot, Type *t)
 	//		string        *string
 	//		*extraType
 	//		ptrToThis     *Type
+	//		zero          unsafe.Pointer
 	//	}
 	ot = duintptr(s, ot, t->width);
 	ot = duint32(s, ot, typehash(t));
@@ -728,6 +820,7 @@ dcommontype(Sym *s, int ot, Type *t)
 	ot += widthptr;
 
 	ot = dsymptr(s, ot, sptr, 0);  // ptrto type
+	ot = dsymptr(s, ot, zero, 0);  // ptr to zero value
 	return ot;
 }
 
@@ -893,7 +986,7 @@ ok:
 	switch(t->etype) {
 	default:
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		break;
 
 	case TARRAY:
@@ -905,7 +998,7 @@ ok:
 			t2->bound = -1;  // slice
 			s2 = dtypesym(t2);
 			ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-			xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+			xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 			ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s1, 0);
 			ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s2, 0);
 			ot = duintptr(s, ot, t->bound);
@@ -913,7 +1006,7 @@ ok:
 			// ../../pkg/runtime/type.go:/SliceType
 			s1 = dtypesym(t->type);
 			ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-			xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+			xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 			ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s1, 0);
 		}
 		break;
@@ -922,7 +1015,7 @@ ok:
 		// ../../pkg/runtime/type.go:/ChanType
 		s1 = dtypesym(t->type);
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s1, 0);
 		ot = duintptr(s, ot, t->chan);
 		break;
@@ -939,7 +1032,7 @@ ok:
 			dtypesym(t1->type);
 
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = duint8(s, ot, isddd);
 
 		// two slice headers: in and out.
@@ -971,7 +1064,7 @@ ok:
 
 		// ../../pkg/runtime/type.go:/InterfaceType
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s, ot+widthptr+2*widthint);
 		ot = duintxx(s, ot, n, widthint);
 		ot = duintxx(s, ot, n, widthint);
@@ -990,7 +1083,7 @@ ok:
 		s3 = dtypesym(mapbucket(t));
 		s4 = dtypesym(hmap(t));
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s1, 0);
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s2, 0);
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s3, 0);
@@ -1007,7 +1100,7 @@ ok:
 		// ../../pkg/runtime/type.go:/PtrType
 		s1 = dtypesym(t->type);
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s1, 0);
 		break;
 
@@ -1020,7 +1113,7 @@ ok:
 			n++;
 		}
 		ot = dcommontype(s, ot, t);
-		xt = ot - 2*widthptr;
+		xt = ot - 3*widthptr;
 		ot = dsymptr(s, ot, s, ot+widthptr+2*widthint);
 		ot = duintxx(s, ot, n, widthint);
 		ot = duintxx(s, ot, n, widthint);

src/cmd/gc/runtime.go

@@ -83,20 +83,18 @@ func equal(typ *byte, x1, x2 any) (ret bool)
 
 // *byte is really *runtime.Type
 func makemap(mapType *byte, hint int64) (hmap map[any]any)
-func mapaccess1(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val any)
+func mapaccess1(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key *any) (val *any)
 func mapaccess1_fast32(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any)
 func mapaccess1_fast64(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any)
 func mapaccess1_faststr(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any)
-func mapaccess2(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val any, pres bool)
+func mapaccess2(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key *any) (val *any, pres bool)
 func mapaccess2_fast32(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any, pres bool)
 func mapaccess2_fast64(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any, pres bool)
 func mapaccess2_faststr(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any) (val *any, pres bool)
-func mapassign1(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any, val any)
+func mapassign1(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key *any, val *any)
 func mapiterinit(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, hiter *any)
-func mapdelete(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key any)
+func mapdelete(mapType *byte, hmap map[any]any, key *any)
 func mapiternext(hiter *any)
-func mapiter1(hiter *any) (key any)
-func mapiter2(hiter *any) (key any, val any)
 
 // *byte is really *runtime.Type
 func makechan(chanType *byte, hint int64) (hchan chan any)

src/cmd/gc/walk.c

@@ -341,13 +341,14 @@ void
 walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 {
 	Node *r, *l, *var, *a;
+	Node *map, *key, *keyvar;
 	NodeList *ll, *lr, *lpost;
 	Type *t;
 	int et, old_safemode;
 	int64 v;
 	int32 lno;
 	Node *n, *fn, *n1, *n2;
-	Sym *sym;
+	Sym *sym, *zero;
 	char buf[100], *p;
 
 	n = *np;
@@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 		r = n->rlist->n;
 		walkexprlistsafe(n->list, init);
 		walkexpr(&r->left, init);
+		walkexpr(&r->right, init);
 		t = r->left->type;
 		p = nil;
 		if(t->type->width <= 128) { // Check ../../pkg/runtime/hashmap.c:MAXVALUESIZE before changing.
@@ -675,17 +677,32 @@ walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 			}
 		}
 		if(p != nil) {
+			// fast versions take key by value
+			key = r->right;
+		} else {
+			// standard version takes key by reference
+			if(islvalue(r->right)) {
+				key = nod(OADDR, r->right, N);
+			} else {
+				keyvar = temp(t->down);
+				n1 = nod(OAS, keyvar, r->right);
+				typecheck(&n1, Etop);
+				*init = list(*init, n1);
+				key = nod(OADDR, keyvar, N);
+			}
+			p = "mapaccess2";
+		}
+
 		// from:
 		//   a,b = m[i]
 		// to:
-			//   var,b = mapaccess2_fast*(t, m, i)
+		//   var,b = mapaccess2*(t, m, i)
 		//   a = *var
 		a = n->list->n;
 		var = temp(ptrto(t->type));
 		var->typecheck = 1;
-
 		fn = mapfn(p, t);
-			r = mkcall1(fn, getoutargx(fn->type), init, typename(t), r->left, r->right);
+		r = mkcall1(fn, getoutargx(fn->type), init, typename(t), r->left, key);
 		n->rlist = list1(r);
 		n->op = OAS2FUNC;
 		n->list->n = var;
@@ -695,21 +712,30 @@ walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 		n = nod(OAS, a, nod(OIND, var, N));
 		typecheck(&n, Etop);
 		walkexpr(&n, init);
+		// mapaccess needs a zero value to be at least this big.
+		zero = pkglookup("zerovalue", runtimepkg);
+		ggloblsym(zero, t->type->width, 1, 1);
+		// TODO: ptr is always non-nil, so disable nil check for this OIND op.
 		goto ret;
-		}
-		fn = mapfn("mapaccess2", t);
-		r = mkcall1(fn, getoutargx(fn->type), init, typename(t), r->left, r->right);
-		n->rlist = list1(r);
-		n->op = OAS2FUNC;
-		goto as2func;
 
 	case ODELETE:
 		*init = concat(*init, n->ninit);
 		n->ninit = nil;
-		l = n->list->n;
-		r = n->list->next->n;
-		t = l->type;
-		n = mkcall1(mapfndel("mapdelete", t), t->down, init, typename(t), l, r);
+		map = n->list->n;
+		key = n->list->next->n;
+		walkexpr(&map, init);
+		walkexpr(&key, init);
+		if(islvalue(key)) {
+			key = nod(OADDR, key, N);
+		} else {
+			keyvar = temp(key->type);
+			n1 = nod(OAS, keyvar, key);
+			typecheck(&n1, Etop);
+			*init = list(*init, n1);
+			key = nod(OADDR, keyvar, N);
+		}
+		t = map->type;
+		n = mkcall1(mapfndel("mapdelete", t), T, init, typename(t), map, key);
 		goto ret;
 
 	case OAS2DOTTYPE:
@@ -1063,6 +1089,8 @@ walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 	case OINDEXMAP:
 		if(n->etype == 1)
 			goto ret;
+		walkexpr(&n->left, init);
+		walkexpr(&n->right, init);
 
 		t = n->left->type;
 		p = nil;
@@ -1082,16 +1110,28 @@ walkexpr(Node **np, NodeList **init)
 			}
 		}
 		if(p != nil) {
-			// use fast version.  The fast versions return a pointer to the value - we need
-			// to dereference it to get the result.
-			n = mkcall1(mapfn(p, t), ptrto(t->type), init, typename(t), n->left, n->right);
+			// fast versions take key by value
+			key = n->right;
+		} else {
+			// standard version takes key by reference
+			if(islvalue(n->right)) {
+				key = nod(OADDR, n->right, N);
+			} else {
+				keyvar = temp(t->down);
+				n1 = nod(OAS, keyvar, n->right);
+				typecheck(&n1, Etop);
+				*init = list(*init, n1);
+				key = nod(OADDR, keyvar, N);
+			}
+			p = "mapaccess1";
+		}
+		n = mkcall1(mapfn(p, t), ptrto(t->type), init, typename(t), n->left, key);
 		n = nod(OIND, n, N);
 		n->type = t->type;
 		n->typecheck = 1;
-		} else {
-			// no fast version for this key
-			n = mkcall1(mapfn("mapaccess1", t), t->type, init, typename(t), n->left, n->right);
-		}
+		// mapaccess needs a zero value to be at least this big.
+		zero = pkglookup("zerovalue", runtimepkg);
+		ggloblsym(zero, t->type->width, 1, 1);
 		goto ret;
 
 	case ORECV:
@@ -1911,6 +1951,8 @@ static Node*
 convas(Node *n, NodeList **init)
 {
 	Type *lt, *rt;
+	Node *map, *key, *keyvar, *val, *valvar;
+	Node *n1;
 
 	if(n->op != OAS)
 		fatal("convas: not OAS %O", n->op);
@@ -1931,9 +1973,32 @@ convas(Node *n, NodeList **init)
 	}
 
 	if(n->left->op == OINDEXMAP) {
-		n = mkcall1(mapfn("mapassign1", n->left->left->type), T, init,
-			typename(n->left->left->type),
-			n->left->left, n->left->right, n->right);
+		map = n->left->left;
+		key = n->left->right;
+		val = n->right;
+		walkexpr(&map, init);
+		walkexpr(&key, init);
+		walkexpr(&val, init);
+		if(islvalue(key)) {
+			key = nod(OADDR, key, N);
+		} else {
+			keyvar = temp(key->type);
+			n1 = nod(OAS, keyvar, key);
+			typecheck(&n1, Etop);
+			*init = list(*init, n1);
+			key = nod(OADDR, keyvar, N);
+		}
+		if(islvalue(val)) {
+			val = nod(OADDR, val, N);
+		} else {
+			valvar = temp(val->type);
+			n1 = nod(OAS, valvar, val);
+			typecheck(&n1, Etop);
+			*init = list(*init, n1);
+			val = nod(OADDR, valvar, N);
+		}
+		n = mkcall1(mapfn("mapassign1", map->type), T, init,
+			typename(map->type), map, key, val);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

src/pkg/reflect/type.go

@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ type rtype struct {
 	string        *string        // string form; unnecessary but undeniably useful
 	*uncommonType                // (relatively) uncommon fields
 	ptrToThis     *rtype         // type for pointer to this type, if used in binary or has methods
+	zero          unsafe.Pointer // pointer to zero value
 }
 
 // Method on non-interface type
@@ -1089,6 +1090,7 @@ func (t *rtype) ptrTo() *rtype {
 
 	p.uncommonType = nil
 	p.ptrToThis = nil
+	p.zero = unsafe.Pointer(&make([]byte, p.size)[0])
 	p.elem = t
 
 	if t.kind&kindNoPointers != 0 {
@@ -1475,6 +1477,7 @@ func ChanOf(dir ChanDir, t Type) Type {
 	ch.elem = typ
 	ch.uncommonType = nil
 	ch.ptrToThis = nil
+	ch.zero = unsafe.Pointer(&make([]byte, ch.size)[0])
 
 	ch.gc = unsafe.Pointer(&chanGC{
 		width: ch.size,
@@ -1534,6 +1537,7 @@ func MapOf(key, elem Type) Type {
 	mt.hmap = hMapOf(mt.bucket)
 	mt.uncommonType = nil
 	mt.ptrToThis = nil
+	mt.zero = unsafe.Pointer(&make([]byte, mt.size)[0])
 
 	// INCORRECT. Uncomment to check that TestMapOfGC and TestMapOfGCValues
 	// fail when mt.gc is wrong.
@@ -1709,6 +1713,7 @@ func SliceOf(t Type) Type {
 	slice.elem = typ
 	slice.uncommonType = nil
 	slice.ptrToThis = nil
+	slice.zero = unsafe.Pointer(&make([]byte, slice.size)[0])
 
 	if typ.size == 0 {
 		slice.gc = unsafe.Pointer(&sliceEmptyGCProg)
@@ -1778,6 +1783,7 @@ func arrayOf(count int, elem Type) Type {
 	// TODO: array.gc
 	array.uncommonType = nil
 	array.ptrToThis = nil
+	array.zero = unsafe.Pointer(&make([]byte, array.size)[0])
 	array.len = uintptr(count)
 	array.slice = slice.(*rtype)
 

src/pkg/reflect/value.go

@@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ func Zero(typ Type) Value {
 	if t.size <= ptrSize {
 		return Value{t, nil, fl}
 	}
-	return Value{t, unsafe_New(typ.(*rtype)), fl | flagIndir}
+	return Value{t, t.zero, fl | flagIndir}
 }
 
 // New returns a Value representing a pointer to a new zero value

src/pkg/runtime/hashmap_fast.c

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 // Fast hashmap lookup specialized to a specific key type.
 // Included by hashmap.c once for each specialized type.
 
-// Note that this code differs from hash_lookup in that
-// it returns a pointer to the result, not the result itself.
-// The returned pointer is only valid until the next GC
-// point, so the caller must dereference it before then.
-
 // +build ignore
 
 #pragma textflag NOSPLIT
@@ -31,7 +26,7 @@ HASH_LOOKUP1(MapType *t, Hmap *h, KEYTYPE key, byte *value)
 		runtime·prints("\n");
 	}
 	if(h == nil || h->count == 0) {
-		value = empty_value;
+		value = t->elem->zero;
 		FLUSH(&value);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -120,7 +115,7 @@ dohash:
 			b = b->overflow;
 		} while(b != nil);
 	}
-	value = empty_value;
+	value = t->elem->zero;
 	FLUSH(&value);
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +138,7 @@ HASH_LOOKUP2(MapType *t, Hmap *h, KEYTYPE key, byte *value, bool res)
 		runtime·prints("\n");
 	}
 	if(h == nil || h->count == 0) {
-		value = empty_value;
+		value = t->elem->zero;
 		res = false;
 		FLUSH(&value);
 		FLUSH(&res);
@@ -242,7 +237,7 @@ dohash:
 			b = b->overflow;
 		} while(b != nil);
 	}
-	value = empty_value;
+	value = t->elem->zero;
 	res = false;
 	FLUSH(&value);
 	FLUSH(&res);

src/pkg/runtime/mapspeed_test.go

@@ -268,3 +268,33 @@ func BenchmarkSameLengthMap(b *testing.B) {
 		_ = m[s1]
 	}
 }
+
+type BigKey [3]int64
+
+func BenchmarkBigKeyMap(b *testing.B) {
+	m := make(map[BigKey]bool)
+	k := BigKey{3, 4, 5}
+	m[k] = true
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = m[k]
+	}
+}
+
+type BigVal [3]int64
+
+func BenchmarkBigValMap(b *testing.B) {
+	m := make(map[BigKey]BigVal)
+	k := BigKey{3, 4, 5}
+	m[k] = BigVal{6, 7, 8}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = m[k]
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSmallKeyMap(b *testing.B) {
+	m := make(map[int16]bool)
+	m[5] = true
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = m[5]
+	}
+}

src/pkg/runtime/runtime.h

@@ -1037,12 +1037,6 @@ void	runtime·osyield(void);
 void	runtime·lockOSThread(void);
 void	runtime·unlockOSThread(void);
 
-void	runtime·mapassign(MapType*, Hmap*, byte*, byte*);
-void	runtime·mapaccess(MapType*, Hmap*, byte*, byte*, bool*);
-void	runtime·mapiternext(struct hash_iter*);
-bool	runtime·mapiterkey(struct hash_iter*, void*);
-Hmap*	runtime·makemap_c(MapType*, int64);
-
 Hchan*	runtime·makechan_c(ChanType*, int64);
 void	runtime·chansend(ChanType*, Hchan*, byte*, bool*, void*);
 void	runtime·chanrecv(ChanType*, Hchan*, byte*, bool*, bool*);

src/pkg/runtime/type.h

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct Type
 	String *string;
 	UncommonType *x;
 	Type *ptrto;
+	byte *zero;  // ptr to the zero value for this type
 };
 
 struct Method

src/pkg/runtime/typekind.h

@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ enum {
 	KindNoPointers = 1<<7,
 
 	// size of Type structure.
-	CommonSize = 6*PtrSize + 8,
+	CommonSize = 7*PtrSize + 8,
 };