+gv_stashsvpvn_cached
+
+Returns a pointer to the stash for a specified package, possibly
+cached. Implements both C<gv_stashpvn> and C<gc_stashsv>.
+
+Requires one of either namesv or namepv to be non-null.
+
+See C<gv_stashpvn> for details on "flags".
+
+Note the sv interface is strongly preferred for performance reasons.
+
+*/
+
+#define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_GV_STASHSVPVN_CACHED \
+ assert(namesv || name)
+
+PERL_STATIC_INLINE HV*
+S_gv_stashsvpvn_cached(pTHX_ SV *namesv, const char *name, U32 namelen, I32 flags)
+{
+ HV* stash;
+ HE* he;
+
+ PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_GV_STASHSVPVN_CACHED;
+
+ he = (HE *)hv_common(
+ PL_stashcache, namesv, name, namelen,
+ (flags & SVf_UTF8) ? HVhek_UTF8 : 0, 0, NULL, 0
+ );
+
+ if (he) return INT2PTR(HV*,SvIVX(HeVAL(he)));
+ else if (flags & GV_CACHE_ONLY) return NULL;
+
+ if (namesv) {
+ if (SvOK(namesv)) { /* prevent double uninit warning */
+ STRLEN len;
+ name = SvPV_const(namesv, len);
+ namelen = len;
+ flags |= SvUTF8(namesv);
+ } else {
+ name = ""; namelen = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ stash = gv_stashpvn_internal(name, namelen, flags);
+
+ if (stash && namelen) {
+ SV* const ref = newSViv(PTR2IV(stash));
+ (void)hv_store(PL_stashcache, name,
+ (flags & SVf_UTF8) ? -(I32)namelen : (I32)namelen, ref, 0);
+ }
+
+ return stash;
+}
+
+HV*
+Perl_gv_stashpvn(pTHX_ const char *name, U32 namelen, I32 flags)
+{
+ PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_GV_STASHPVN;
+ return gv_stashsvpvn_cached(NULL, name, namelen, flags);
+}
+
+/*