diff mem.c @ 633:8c48a1b999a3 libavutil

spelling/grammar/consistency review part I
author diego
date Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:16:05 +0000
parents 097c9438d7f4
children 70bdd5501662
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--- a/mem.c	Tue Jan 27 00:46:18 2009 +0000
+++ b/mem.c	Wed Jan 28 00:16:05 2009 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file mem.c
- * default memory allocator for libavutil.
+ * default memory allocator for libavutil
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@
 
 #include "mem.h"
 
-/* here we can use OS dependent allocation functions */
+/* here we can use OS-dependent allocation functions */
 #undef free
 #undef malloc
 #undef realloc
 
-/* you can redefine av_malloc and av_free in your project to use your
+/* You can redefine av_malloc and av_free in your project to use your
    memory allocator. You do not need to suppress this file because the
-   linker will do it automatically */
+   linker will do it automatically. */
 
 void *av_malloc(unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
        Indeed, we should align it:
          on 4 for 386
          on 16 for 486
-         on 32 for 586, PPro - k6-III
+         on 32 for 586, PPro - K6-III
          on 64 for K7 (maybe for P3 too).
        Because L1 and L2 caches are aligned on those values.
        But I don't want to code such logic here!
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
      /* Why 16?
         Because some CPUs need alignment, for example SSE2 on P4, & most RISC CPUs
         it will just trigger an exception and the unaligned load will be done in the
-        exception handler or it will just segfault (SSE2 on P4)
+        exception handler or it will just segfault (SSE2 on P4).
         Why not larger? Because I did not see a difference in benchmarks ...
      */
-     /* benchmarks with p3
+     /* benchmarks with P3
         memalign(64)+1          3071,3051,3032
         memalign(64)+2          3051,3032,3041
         memalign(64)+4          2911,2896,2915
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         memalign(64)+32         2546,2545,2571
         memalign(64)+64         2570,2533,2558
 
-        btw, malloc seems to do 8 byte alignment by default here
+        BTW, malloc seems to do 8-byte alignment by default here.
      */
 #else
     ptr = malloc(size);