lock(&itabLock)
	if m = itabTable.find(inter, typ); m != nil {
		unlock(&itabLock)
		goto finish
	}

	// Entry doesn't exist yet. Make a new entry & add it.
	m = (*itab)(persistentalloc(unsafe.Sizeof(itab{})+uintptr(len(inter.Methods)-1)*goarch.PtrSize, 0, &memstats.other_sys))
	m.Inter = inter
	m.Type = typ
	// The hash is used in type switches. However, compiler statically generates itab's

// Score  Adjustment  Status  Callee  CallerPos ScoreFlags
// 115    40          DEMOTED cmd/compile/internal/abi.(*ABIParamAssignment).Offset     expand_calls.go:1679:14|6       panicPathAdj
// 76     -5n         PROMOTED runtime.persistentalloc   mcheckmark.go:48:45|3   inLoopAdj
// 201    0           --- PGO  unicode.DecodeRuneInString        utf8.go:312:30|1
// 7      -5          --- PGO  internal/abi.Name.DataChecked     type.go:625:22|0        inLoopAdj
//

		const pdSize = unsafe.Sizeof(pollDesc{})
		n := pollBlockSize / pdSize
		if n == 0 {
			n = 1
		}
		// Must be in non-GC memory because can be referenced
		// only from epoll/kqueue internals.
		mem := persistentalloc(n*pdSize, 0, &memstats.other_sys)
		for i := uintptr(0); i < n; i++ {
			pd := (*pollDesc)(add(mem, i*pdSize))
			lockInit(&pd.lock, lockRankPollDesc)
			pd.rt.init(nil, nil)
			pd.wt.init(nil, nil)

		len int
		buf [128]*mspan
	}

	// Cache of a single pinner object to reduce allocations from repeated
	// pinner creation.
	pinnerCache *pinner

	trace pTraceState

	palloc persistentAlloc // per-P to avoid mutex

	// Per-P GC state
	gcAssistTime         int64 // Nanoseconds in assistAlloc
	gcFractionalMarkTime int64 // Nanoseconds in fractional mark worker (atomic)

	default:
		throw("invalid profile bucket type")
	case memProfile:
		size += unsafe.Sizeof(memRecord{})
	case blockProfile, mutexProfile:
		size += unsafe.Sizeof(blockRecord{})
	}

	b := (*bucket)(persistentalloc(size, 0, &memstats.buckhash_sys))
	b.typ = typ
	b.nstk = uintptr(nstk)
	return b
}

// stk returns the slice in b holding the stack. The caller can asssume that the
// backing array is immutable.

// The resulting bitvector will have no more than size/goarch.PtrSize bits.
func progToPointerMask(prog *byte, size uintptr) bitvector {
	n := (size/goarch.PtrSize + 7) / 8
	x := (*[1 << 30]byte)(persistentalloc(n+1, 1, &memstats.buckhash_sys))[:n+1]
	x[len(x)-1] = 0xa1 // overflow check sentinel
	n = runGCProg(prog, &x[0])
	if x[len(x)-1] != 0xa1 {
		throw("progToPointerMask: overflow")
	}