https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91101
--- Comment #10 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The issue is that __asan_stack_malloc_0 function is very high in perf profile: # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ............... ........................ ........................................................................ # 91.97% test-conf-parse libasan.so.5.0.0 [.] __asan_stack_malloc_0 7.00% test-conf-parse libsystemd-shared-242.so [.] config_parse 0.12% test-conf-parse libsystemd-shared-242.so [.] read_line_full 0.11% test-conf-parse libc-2.29.so [.] _IO_getc 0.10% test-conf-parse libc-2.29.so [.] __strlen_avx2 0.08% test-conf-parse libsystemd-shared-242.so [.] safe_fgetc 0.07% test-conf-parse libsystemd-shared-242.so [.] categorize_eol perf annotate says: : Disassembly of section .text: : : 0000000000034a00 <__asan_stack_malloc_0>: : __asan_stack_malloc_0(): : extern "C" SANITIZER_INTERFACE_ATTRIBUTE void __asan_stack_free_##class_id( \ : uptr ptr, uptr size) { \ : OnFree(ptr, class_id, size); \ : } ... : _ZN6__asan9FakeStack8AllocateEmmm(): : GC(real_stack); 0.00 : 34b30: mov %rbp,%rsi 0.00 : 34b33: mov %rax,%rdi 0.00 : 34b36: callq 34800 <__asan::FakeStack::GC(unsigned long)> 0.00 : 34b3b: jmpq 34a2c <__asan_stack_malloc_0+0x2c> : for (int i = 0; i < num_iter; i++) { 0.00 : 34b40: xor %ecx,%ecx 0.12 : 34b42: add $0x1,%ecx 17.35 : 34b45: cmp %ecx,%r8d 17.95 : 34b48: je 34b70 <__asan_stack_malloc_0+0x170> : uptr pos = ModuloNumberOfFrames(stack_size_log, class_id, hint_position++); 0.00 : 34b4a: mov %rdx,%rax 0.01 : 34b4d: add $0x1,%rdx : _ZN6__asan9FakeStack20ModuloNumberOfFramesEmmm(): : return n & (NumberOfFrames(stack_size_log, class_id) - 1); 0.01 : 34b51: and %rsi,%rax : _ZN6__asan9FakeStack8AllocateEmmm(): 0.03 : 34b54: mov %rdx,(%rbx) : if (flags[pos]) continue; 0.10 : 34b57: lea 0x1000(%rbx,%rax,1),%rdi 31.71 : 34b5f: cmpb $0x0,(%rdi) 32.65 : 34b62: je 34a72 <__asan_stack_malloc_0+0x72> 0.00 : 34b68: jmp 34b42 <__asan_stack_malloc_0+0x142> 0.00 : 34b6a: nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)