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-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>JEMALLOC</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" title="JEMALLOC"><a name="id286949159"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>jemalloc &#8212; general purpose memory allocation functions</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="LIBRARY"><a name="library"></a><h2>LIBRARY</h2><p>This manual describes jemalloc 3.2.0-0-g87499f6748ebe4817571e817e9f680ccb5bf54a9. More information
- can be found at the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/" target="_top">jemalloc website</a>.</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="SYNOPSIS"><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include &lt;<code class="filename">stdlib.h</code>&gt;
-#include &lt;<code class="filename">jemalloc/jemalloc.h</code>&gt;</pre><div class="refsect2" title="Standard API"><a name="id286901505"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">malloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">calloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">number</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">posix_memalign</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">alignment</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">aligned_alloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">alignment</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">realloc</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">free</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div><div class="refsect2" title="Non-standard API"><a name="id286900549"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">size_t <b class="fsfunc">malloc_usable_size</b>(</code></td><td>const void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">malloc_stats_print</b>(</code></td><td>void <var class="pdparam">(*write_cb)</var>
+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>JEMALLOC</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry"><a name="idm316394519664"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>jemalloc &#8212; general purpose memory allocation functions</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="library"></a><h2>LIBRARY</h2><p>This manual describes jemalloc 3.6.0-0-g46c0af68bd248b04df75e4f92d5fb804c3d75340. More information
+ can be found at the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/" target="_top">jemalloc website</a>.</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>SYNOPSIS</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><pre class="funcsynopsisinfo">#include &lt;<code class="filename">stdlib.h</code>&gt;
+#include &lt;<code class="filename">jemalloc/jemalloc.h</code>&gt;</pre><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316394002288"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">malloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">calloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">number</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">posix_memalign</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">alignment</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">aligned_alloc</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">alignment</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">realloc</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">free</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316393986160"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">mallocx</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void *<b class="fsfunc">rallocx</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">size_t <b class="fsfunc">xallocx</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">extra</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">size_t <b class="fsfunc">sallocx</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">dallocx</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">size_t <b class="fsfunc">nallocx</b>(</code></td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctl</b>(</code></td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">oldp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">oldlenp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">newp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">newlen</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctlnametomib</b>(</code></td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">mibp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">miblenp</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctlbymib</b>(</code></td><td>const size_t *<var class="pdparam">mib</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">miblen</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">oldp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">oldlenp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">newp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">newlen</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">malloc_stats_print</b>(</code></td><td>void <var class="pdparam">(*write_cb)</var>
<code>(</code>void *, const char *<code>)</code>
- , </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">cbopaque</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">opts</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctl</b>(</code></td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">oldp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">oldlenp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">newp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">newlen</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctlnametomib</b>(</code></td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">mibp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">miblenp</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">mallctlbymib</b>(</code></td><td>const size_t *<var class="pdparam">mib</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">miblen</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">oldp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">oldlenp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">newp</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">newlen</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">(*malloc_message)</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">cbopaque</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">s</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><p><span class="type">const char *</span><code class="varname">malloc_conf</code>;</p></div><div class="refsect2" title="Experimental API"><a name="id286900756"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">allocm</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">rallocm</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">extra</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sallocm</b>(</code></td><td>const void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">dallocm</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">nallocm</b>(</code></td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DESCRIPTION"><a name="description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><div class="refsect2" title="Standard API"><a name="id286949297"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates
+ , </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">cbopaque</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">opts</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">size_t <b class="fsfunc">malloc_usable_size</b>(</code></td><td>const void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">(*malloc_message)</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">cbopaque</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>const char *<var class="pdparam">s</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><p><span class="type">const char *</span><code class="varname">malloc_conf</code>;</p></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388684112"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">allocm</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">rallocm</b>(</code></td><td>void **<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">extra</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sallocm</b>(</code></td><td>const void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">dallocm</b>(</code></td><td>void *<var class="pdparam">ptr</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">nallocm</b>(</code></td><td>size_t *<var class="pdparam">rsize</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>size_t <var class="pdparam">size</var>, </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>int <var class="pdparam">flags</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="description"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388663504"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates
<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes of uninitialized memory. The allocated
space is suitably aligned (after possible pointer coercion) for storage
of any type of object.</p><p>The <code class="function">calloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates
@@ -38,38 +38,67 @@
<code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) for the specified size.</p><p>The <code class="function">free</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function causes the
allocated memory referenced by <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em> to be made
available for future allocations. If <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em> is
- <code class="constant">NULL</code>, no action occurs.</p></div><div class="refsect2" title="Non-standard API"><a name="id286949561"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
- returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
- <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>. The return value may be larger than the size
- that was requested during allocation. The
- <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function is not a
- mechanism for in-place <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>); rather
- it is provided solely as a tool for introspection purposes. Any
- discrepancy between the requested allocation size and the size reported
- by <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) should not be
- depended on, since such behavior is entirely implementation-dependent.
- </p><p>The <code class="function">malloc_stats_print</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
- writes human-readable summary statistics via the
- <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em> callback function pointer and
- <em class="parameter"><code>cbopaque</code></em> data passed to
- <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em>, or
- <code class="function">malloc_message</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) if
- <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em> is <code class="constant">NULL</code>. This
- function can be called repeatedly. General information that never
- changes during execution can be omitted by specifying "g" as a character
- within the <em class="parameter"><code>opts</code></em> string. Note that
- <code class="function">malloc_message</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) uses the
- <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions internally, so
- inconsistent statistics can be reported if multiple threads use these
- functions simultaneously. If <code class="option">--enable-stats</code> is
- specified during configuration, &#8220;m&#8221; and &#8220;a&#8221; can
- be specified to omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively;
- &#8220;b&#8221; and &#8220;l&#8221; can be specified to omit per size
- class statistics for bins and large objects, respectively. Unrecognized
- characters are silently ignored. Note that thread caching may prevent
- some statistics from being completely up to date, since extra locking
- would be required to merge counters that track thread cache operations.
- </p><p>The <code class="function">mallctl</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function provides a
+ <code class="constant">NULL</code>, no action occurs.</p></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388639904"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <code class="function">rallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <code class="function">xallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <code class="function">sallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <code class="function">dallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), and
+ <code class="function">nallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions all have a
+ <em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> argument that can be used to specify
+ options. The functions only check the options that are contextually
+ relevant. Use bitwise or (<code class="code">|</code>) operations to
+ specify one or more of the following:
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">MALLOCX_LG_ALIGN(<em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em>)
+ </code></span></dt><dd><p>Align the memory allocation to start at an address
+ that is a multiple of <code class="code">(1 &lt;&lt;
+ <em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em>)</code>. This macro does not validate
+ that <em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em> is within the valid
+ range.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">MALLOCX_ALIGN(<em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>)
+ </code></span></dt><dd><p>Align the memory allocation to start at an address
+ that is a multiple of <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>, where
+ <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em> is a power of two. This macro does not
+ validate that <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em> is a power of 2.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">MALLOCX_ZERO</code></span></dt><dd><p>Initialize newly allocated memory to contain zero
+ bytes. In the growing reallocation case, the real size prior to
+ reallocation defines the boundary between untouched bytes and those
+ that are initialized to contain zero bytes. If this macro is
+ absent, newly allocated memory is uninitialized.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">MALLOCX_ARENA(<em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>)
+ </code></span></dt><dd><p>Use the arena specified by the index
+ <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em> (and by necessity bypass the thread
+ cache). This macro has no effect for huge regions, nor for regions
+ that were allocated via an arena other than the one specified.
+ This macro does not validate that <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>
+ specifies an arena index in the valid range.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
+ </p><p>The <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates at
+ least <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes of memory, and returns a pointer
+ to the base address of the allocation. Behavior is undefined if
+ <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, or if request size
+ overflows due to size class and/or alignment constraints.</p><p>The <code class="function">rallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function resizes the
+ allocation at <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em> to be at least
+ <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes, and returns a pointer to the base
+ address of the resulting allocation, which may or may not have moved from
+ its original location. Behavior is undefined if
+ <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, or if request size
+ overflows due to size class and/or alignment constraints.</p><p>The <code class="function">xallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function resizes the
+ allocation at <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em> in place to be at least
+ <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes, and returns the real size of the
+ allocation. If <em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em> is non-zero, an attempt is
+ made to resize the allocation to be at least <code class="code">(<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> +
+ <em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em>)</code> bytes, though inability to allocate
+ the extra byte(s) will not by itself result in failure to resize.
+ Behavior is undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is
+ <code class="constant">0</code>, or if <code class="code">(<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> + <em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em>
+ &gt; <code class="constant">SIZE_T_MAX</code>)</code>.</p><p>The <code class="function">sallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function returns the
+ real size of the allocation at <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>.</p><p>The <code class="function">dallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function causes the
+ memory referenced by <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em> to be made available for
+ future allocations.</p><p>The <code class="function">nallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates no
+ memory, but it performs the same size computation as the
+ <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function, and returns the real
+ size of the allocation that would result from the equivalent
+ <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function call. Behavior is
+ undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, or if
+ request size overflows due to size class and/or alignment
+ constraints.</p><p>The <code class="function">mallctl</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function provides a
general interface for introspecting the memory allocator, as well as
setting modifiable parameters and triggering actions. The
period-separated <em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> argument specifies a
@@ -102,15 +131,14 @@
the corresponding MIB component will always be that integer. Therefore,
it is legitimate to construct code like the following: </p><pre class="programlisting">
unsigned nbins, i;
-
-int mib[4];
+size_t mib[4];
size_t len, miblen;
len = sizeof(nbins);
mallctl("arenas.nbins", &amp;nbins, &amp;len, NULL, 0);
miblen = 4;
-mallnametomib("arenas.bin.0.size", mib, &amp;miblen);
+mallctlnametomib("arenas.bin.0.size", mib, &amp;miblen);
for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
size_t bin_size;
@@ -118,7 +146,38 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
len = sizeof(bin_size);
mallctlbymib(mib, miblen, &amp;bin_size, &amp;len, NULL, 0);
/* Do something with bin_size... */
-}</pre></div><div class="refsect2" title="Experimental API"><a name="id286949870"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><p>The experimental API is subject to change or removal without regard
+}</pre><p>The <code class="function">malloc_stats_print</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
+ writes human-readable summary statistics via the
+ <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em> callback function pointer and
+ <em class="parameter"><code>cbopaque</code></em> data passed to
+ <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em>, or
+ <code class="function">malloc_message</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) if
+ <em class="parameter"><code>write_cb</code></em> is <code class="constant">NULL</code>. This
+ function can be called repeatedly. General information that never
+ changes during execution can be omitted by specifying "g" as a character
+ within the <em class="parameter"><code>opts</code></em> string. Note that
+ <code class="function">malloc_message</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) uses the
+ <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions internally, so
+ inconsistent statistics can be reported if multiple threads use these
+ functions simultaneously. If <code class="option">--enable-stats</code> is
+ specified during configuration, &#8220;m&#8221; and &#8220;a&#8221; can
+ be specified to omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively;
+ &#8220;b&#8221; and &#8220;l&#8221; can be specified to omit per size
+ class statistics for bins and large objects, respectively. Unrecognized
+ characters are silently ignored. Note that thread caching may prevent
+ some statistics from being completely up to date, since extra locking
+ would be required to merge counters that track thread cache operations.
+ </p><p>The <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
+ returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
+ <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>. The return value may be larger than the size
+ that was requested during allocation. The
+ <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function is not a
+ mechanism for in-place <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>); rather
+ it is provided solely as a tool for introspection purposes. Any
+ discrepancy between the requested allocation size and the size reported
+ by <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) should not be
+ depended on, since such behavior is entirely implementation-dependent.
+ </p></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388574208"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><p>The experimental API is subject to change or removal without regard
for backward compatibility. If <code class="option">--disable-experimental</code>
is specified during configuration, the experimental API is
omitted.</p><p>The <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
@@ -130,7 +189,7 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
options. The functions only check the options that are contextually
relevant. Use bitwise or (<code class="code">|</code>) operations to
specify one or more of the following:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ALLOCM_LG_ALIGN(<em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em>)
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ALLOCM_LG_ALIGN(<em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em>)
</code></span></dt><dd><p>Align the memory allocation to start at an address
that is a multiple of <code class="code">(1 &lt;&lt;
<em class="parameter"><code>la</code></em>)</code>. This macro does not validate
@@ -143,32 +202,36 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ALLOCM_ZERO</code></span></dt><dd><p>Initialize newly allocated memory to contain zero
bytes. In the growing reallocation case, the real size prior to
reallocation defines the boundary between untouched bytes and those
- that are initialized to contain zero bytes. If this option is
+ that are initialized to contain zero bytes. If this macro is
absent, newly allocated memory is uninitialized.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ALLOCM_NO_MOVE</code></span></dt><dd><p>For reallocation, fail rather than moving the
object. This constraint can apply to both growth and
shrinkage.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="constant">ALLOCM_ARENA(<em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>)
</code></span></dt><dd><p>Use the arena specified by the index
- <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>. This macro does not validate that
- <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em> specifies an arena in the valid
- range.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
+ <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em> (and by necessity bypass the thread
+ cache). This macro has no effect for huge regions, nor for regions
+ that were allocated via an arena other than the one specified.
+ This macro does not validate that <em class="parameter"><code>a</code></em>
+ specifies an arena index in the valid range.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
</p><p>The <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function allocates at
least <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes of memory, sets
<em class="parameter"><code>*ptr</code></em> to the base address of the allocation, and
sets <em class="parameter"><code>*rsize</code></em> to the real size of the allocation if
<em class="parameter"><code>rsize</code></em> is not <code class="constant">NULL</code>. Behavior
- is undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is
- <code class="constant">0</code>.</p><p>The <code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function resizes the
+ is undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, or
+ if request size overflows due to size class and/or alignment
+ constraints.</p><p>The <code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function resizes the
allocation at <em class="parameter"><code>*ptr</code></em> to be at least
<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> bytes, sets <em class="parameter"><code>*ptr</code></em> to
the base address of the allocation if it moved, and sets
<em class="parameter"><code>*rsize</code></em> to the real size of the allocation if
<em class="parameter"><code>rsize</code></em> is not <code class="constant">NULL</code>. If
<em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em> is non-zero, an attempt is made to resize
- the allocation to be at least <code class="code"><em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> +
+ the allocation to be at least <code class="code">(<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> +
<em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em>)</code> bytes, though inability to allocate
the extra byte(s) will not by itself result in failure. Behavior is
- undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, or if
- <code class="code">(<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> +
+ undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>, if
+ request size overflows due to size class and/or alignment constraints, or
+ if <code class="code">(<em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> +
<em class="parameter"><code>extra</code></em> &gt;
<code class="constant">SIZE_T_MAX</code>)</code>.</p><p>The <code class="function">sallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function sets
<em class="parameter"><code>*rsize</code></em> to the real size of the allocation.</p><p>The <code class="function">dallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function causes the
@@ -179,14 +242,21 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
<em class="parameter"><code>rsize</code></em> is not <code class="constant">NULL</code> it sets
<em class="parameter"><code>*rsize</code></em> to the real size of the allocation that
would result from the equivalent <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>)
- function call. Behavior is undefined if
- <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is <code class="constant">0</code>.</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="TUNING"><a name="tuning"></a><h2>TUNING</h2><p>Once, when the first call is made to one of the memory allocation
+ function call. Behavior is undefined if <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> is
+ <code class="constant">0</code>, or if request size overflows due to size class
+ and/or alignment constraints.</p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="tuning"></a><h2>TUNING</h2><p>Once, when the first call is made to one of the memory allocation
routines, the allocator initializes its internals based in part on various
options that can be specified at compile- or run-time.</p><p>The string pointed to by the global variable
<code class="varname">malloc_conf</code>, the &#8220;name&#8221; of the file
referenced by the symbolic link named <code class="filename">/etc/malloc.conf</code>, and the value of the
environment variable <code class="envar">MALLOC_CONF</code>, will be interpreted, in
- that order, from left to right as options.</p><p>An options string is a comma-separated list of option:value pairs.
+ that order, from left to right as options. Note that
+ <code class="varname">malloc_conf</code> may be read before
+ <code class="function">main</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) is entered, so the declaration of
+ <code class="varname">malloc_conf</code> should specify an initializer that contains
+ the final value to be read by jemalloc. <code class="varname">malloc_conf</code> is
+ a compile-time setting, whereas <code class="filename">/etc/malloc.conf</code> and <code class="envar">MALLOC_CONF</code>
+ can be safely set any time prior to program invocation.</p><p>An options string is a comma-separated list of option:value pairs.
There is one key corresponding to each <a class="link" href="#opt.abort">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.*</code>"
</a> mallctl (see the <a class="xref" href="#mallctl_namespace" title="MALLCTL NAMESPACE">MALLCTL NAMESPACE</a> section for options
@@ -198,7 +268,7 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
</a> options. Some
options have boolean values (true/false), others have integer values (base
8, 10, or 16, depending on prefix), and yet others have raw string
- values.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="IMPLEMENTATION NOTES"><a name="implementation_notes"></a><h2>IMPLEMENTATION NOTES</h2><p>Traditionally, allocators have used
+ values.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="implementation_notes"></a><h2>IMPLEMENTATION NOTES</h2><p>Traditionally, allocators have used
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sbrk</span>(2)</span> to obtain memory, which is
suboptimal for several reasons, including race conditions, increased
fragmentation, and artificial limitations on maximum usable memory. If
@@ -252,7 +322,7 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
suffer from cacheline sharing, round your allocation requests up to the
nearest multiple of the cacheline size, or specify cacheline alignment when
allocating.</p><p>Assuming 4 MiB chunks, 4 KiB pages, and a 16-byte quantum on a 64-bit
- system, the size classes in each category are as shown in <a class="xref" href="#size_classes" title="Table 1. Size classes">Table 1</a>.</p><div class="table"><a name="size_classes"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1. Size classes</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Size classes" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1"><col align="right" class="c2"><col align="left" class="c3"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Category</th><th align="right">Spacing</th><th align="left">Size</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="7" align="left">Small</td><td align="right">lg</td><td align="left">[8]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">16</td><td align="left">[16, 32, 48, ..., 128]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">32</td><td align="left">[160, 192, 224, 256]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">64</td><td align="left">[320, 384, 448, 512]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">128</td><td align="left">[640, 768, 896, 1024]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">256</td><td align="left">[1280, 1536, 1792, 2048]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">512</td><td align="left">[2560, 3072, 3584]</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Large</td><td align="right">4 KiB</td><td align="left">[4 KiB, 8 KiB, 12 KiB, ..., 4072 KiB]</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Huge</td><td align="right">4 MiB</td><td align="left">[4 MiB, 8 MiB, 12 MiB, ...]</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div><div class="refsect1" title="MALLCTL NAMESPACE"><a name="mallctl_namespace"></a><h2>MALLCTL NAMESPACE</h2><p>The following names are defined in the namespace accessible via the
+ system, the size classes in each category are as shown in <a class="xref" href="#size_classes" title="Table 1. Size classes">Table 1</a>.</p><div class="table"><a name="size_classes"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1. Size classes</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Size classes" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left" class="c1"><col align="right" class="c2"><col align="left" class="c3"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Category</th><th align="right">Spacing</th><th align="left">Size</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="7" align="left">Small</td><td align="right">lg</td><td align="left">[8]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">16</td><td align="left">[16, 32, 48, ..., 128]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">32</td><td align="left">[160, 192, 224, 256]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">64</td><td align="left">[320, 384, 448, 512]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">128</td><td align="left">[640, 768, 896, 1024]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">256</td><td align="left">[1280, 1536, 1792, 2048]</td></tr><tr><td align="right">512</td><td align="left">[2560, 3072, 3584]</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Large</td><td align="right">4 KiB</td><td align="left">[4 KiB, 8 KiB, 12 KiB, ..., 4072 KiB]</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Huge</td><td align="right">4 MiB</td><td align="left">[4 MiB, 8 MiB, 12 MiB, ...]</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="mallctl_namespace"></a><h2>MALLCTL NAMESPACE</h2><p>The following names are defined in the namespace accessible via the
<code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions. Value types are
specified in parentheses, their readable/writable statuses are encoded as
<code class="literal">rw</code>, <code class="literal">r-</code>, <code class="literal">-w</code>, or
@@ -270,7 +340,7 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
note of the <a class="link" href="#epoch">
"<code class="mallctl">epoch</code>"
</a> mallctl,
- which controls refreshing of cached dynamic statistics.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
+ which controls refreshing of cached dynamic statistics.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="version"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">version</code>"
@@ -285,105 +355,105 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
</span></dt><dd><p>If a value is passed in, refresh the data from which
the <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions report values,
and increment the epoch. Return the current epoch. This is useful for
- detecting whether another thread caused a refresh.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ detecting whether another thread caused a refresh.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.debug"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.debug</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-debug</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.dss"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.dss</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-dss</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.fill"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.fill</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-fill</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.lazy_lock"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.lazy_lock</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-lazy-lock</code> was specified
- during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.mremap"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.mremap</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-mremap</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.munmap"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.munmap</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-munmap</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.prof"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.prof</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-prof</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.prof_libgcc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.prof_libgcc</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--disable-prof-libgcc</code> was not
- specified during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ specified during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.prof_libunwind"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.prof_libunwind</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-prof-libunwind</code> was specified
- during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.stats"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.stats</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-stats</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.tcache"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.tcache</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--disable-tcache</code> was not specified
- during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ during build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.tls"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.tls</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--disable-tls</code> was not specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.utrace"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.utrace</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-utrace</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.valgrind"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.valgrind</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p><code class="option">--enable-valgrind</code> was specified during
- build configuration.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ build configuration.</p></dd><dt><a name="config.xmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">config.xmalloc</code>"
@@ -401,14 +471,7 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">abort</span>(3)</span> in these cases. This option is
disabled by default unless <code class="option">--enable-debug</code> is
specified during configuration, in which case it is enabled by default.
- </p></dd><dt><a name="opt.lg_chunk"></a><span class="term">
-
- "<code class="mallctl">opt.lg_chunk</code>"
-
- (<span class="type">size_t</span>)
- <code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Virtual memory chunk size (log base 2). The default
- chunk size is 4 MiB (2^22).</p></dd><dt><a name="opt.dss"></a><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="opt.dss"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.dss</code>"
@@ -417,7 +480,22 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
</span></dt><dd><p>dss (<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sbrk</span>(2)</span>) allocation precedence as
related to <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmap</span>(2)</span> allocation. The following
settings are supported: &#8220;disabled&#8221;, &#8220;primary&#8221;,
- and &#8220;secondary&#8221; (default).</p></dd><dt><a name="opt.narenas"></a><span class="term">
+ and &#8220;secondary&#8221;. The default is &#8220;secondary&#8221; if
+ <a class="link" href="#config.dss">
+ "<code class="mallctl">config.dss</code>"
+ </a> is
+ true, &#8220;disabled&#8221; otherwise.
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="opt.lg_chunk"></a><span class="term">
+
+ "<code class="mallctl">opt.lg_chunk</code>"
+
+ (<span class="type">size_t</span>)
+ <code class="literal">r-</code>
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Virtual memory chunk size (log base 2). If a chunk
+ size outside the supported size range is specified, the size is
+ silently clipped to the minimum/maximum supported size. The default
+ chunk size is 4 MiB (2^22).
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="opt.narenas"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.narenas</code>"
@@ -514,7 +592,8 @@ for (i = 0; i &lt; nbins; i++) {
</span></dt><dd><p>Zero filling enabled/disabled. If enabled, each byte
of uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to 0. Note that
this initialization only happens once for each byte, so
- <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) and
+ <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <code class="function">rallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) and
<code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) calls do not zero memory that
was previously allocated. This is intended for debugging and will
impact performance negatively. This option is disabled by default.
@@ -625,7 +704,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">opt.prof_active</code>"
(<span class="type">bool</span>)
- <code class="literal">r-</code>
+ <code class="literal">rw</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-prof</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Profiling activated/deactivated. This is a secondary
control mechanism that makes it possible to start the application with
@@ -720,7 +799,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">opt.prof</code>"
</a> option for
information on analyzing heap profile output. This option is disabled
- by default.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ by default.</p></dd><dt><a name="thread.arena"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">thread.arena</code>"
@@ -742,7 +821,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
</span></dt><dd><p>Get the total number of bytes ever allocated by the
calling thread. This counter has the potential to wrap around; it is
up to the application to appropriately interpret the counter in such
- cases.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ cases.</p></dd><dt><a name="thread.allocatedp"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">thread.allocatedp</code>"
@@ -764,7 +843,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
</span></dt><dd><p>Get the total number of bytes ever deallocated by the
calling thread. This counter has the potential to wrap around; it is
up to the application to appropriately interpret the counter in such
- cases.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ cases.</p></dd><dt><a name="thread.deallocatedp"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">thread.deallocatedp</code>"
@@ -776,7 +855,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">thread.deallocated</code>"
</a>
mallctl. This is useful for avoiding the overhead of repeated
- <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) calls.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) calls.</p></dd><dt><a name="thread.tcache.enabled"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">thread.tcache.enabled</code>"
@@ -788,7 +867,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
disabled (see
"<code class="mallctl">thread.tcache.flush</code>"
).
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="thread.tcache.flush"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">thread.tcache.flush</code>"
@@ -823,8 +902,11 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
allocation for arena &lt;i&gt;, or for all arenas if &lt;i&gt; equals
<a class="link" href="#arenas.narenas">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.narenas</code>"
- </a>. See
- <a class="link" href="#opt.dss">
+ </a>. Note
+ that even during huge allocation this setting is read from the arena
+ that would be chosen for small or large allocation so that applications
+ can depend on consistent dss versus mmap allocation regardless of
+ allocation size. See <a class="link" href="#opt.dss">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.dss</code>"
</a> for supported
settings.
@@ -844,32 +926,32 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.narenas</code>"
</a>
booleans. Each boolean indicates whether the corresponding arena is
- initialized.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ initialized.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.quantum"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.quantum</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Quantum size.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Quantum size.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.page"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.page</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Page size.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Page size.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.tcache_max"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.tcache_max</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-tcache</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Maximum thread-cached size class.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Maximum thread-cached size class.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.nbins"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.nbins</code>"
(<span class="type">unsigned</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Number of bin size classes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Number of bin size classes.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.nhbins"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.nhbins</code>"
@@ -883,39 +965,39 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Maximum size supported by size class.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Maximum size supported by size class.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.bin.i.nregs"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.bin.&lt;i&gt;.nregs</code>"
(<span class="type">uint32_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Number of regions per page run.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Number of regions per page run.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.bin.i.run_size"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.bin.&lt;i&gt;.run_size</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Number of bytes per page run.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Number of bytes per page run.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.nlruns"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.nlruns</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
- </span></dt><dd><p>Total number of large size classes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Total number of large size classes.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.lrun.i.size"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.lrun.&lt;i&gt;.size</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>Maximum size supported by this large size
- class.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ class.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.purge"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.purge</code>"
(<span class="type">unsigned</span>)
<code class="literal">-w</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>Purge unused dirty pages for the specified arena, or
- for all arenas if none is specified.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ for all arenas if none is specified.</p></dd><dt><a name="arenas.extend"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">arenas.extend</code>"
@@ -934,7 +1016,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">opt.prof_active</code>"
</a>
option for additional information.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="prof.dump"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">prof.dump</code>"
@@ -948,7 +1030,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<a class="link" href="#opt.prof_prefix">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.prof_prefix</code>"
</a>
- option.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ option.</p></dd><dt><a name="prof.interval"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">prof.interval</code>"
@@ -1001,7 +1083,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.pdirty</code>"
</a> and pages
- entirely devoted to allocator metadata.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ entirely devoted to allocator metadata.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.mapped"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.mapped</code>"
@@ -1013,7 +1095,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
large as <a class="link" href="#stats.active">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.active</code>"
</a>. This
- does not include inactive chunks.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ does not include inactive chunks.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.chunks.current"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.chunks.current</code>"
@@ -1022,14 +1104,14 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Total number of chunks actively mapped on behalf of the
application. This does not include inactive chunks.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.chunks.total"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.chunks.total</code>"
(<span class="type">uint64_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of chunks allocated.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of chunks allocated.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.chunks.high"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.chunks.high</code>"
@@ -1037,7 +1119,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Maximum number of active chunks at any time thus far.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.huge.allocated"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.huge.allocated</code>"
@@ -1045,7 +1127,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of bytes currently allocated by huge objects.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.huge.nmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.huge.nmalloc</code>"
@@ -1053,7 +1135,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of huge allocation requests.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.huge.ndalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.huge.ndalloc</code>"
@@ -1061,7 +1143,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of huge deallocation requests.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.dss"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.dss</code>"
@@ -1071,14 +1153,14 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
related to <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmap</span>(2)</span> allocation. See <a class="link" href="#opt.dss">
"<code class="mallctl">opt.dss</code>"
</a> for details.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.nthreads"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.nthreads</code>"
(<span class="type">unsigned</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of threads currently assigned to
- arena.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ arena.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.pactive"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.pactive</code>"
@@ -1093,14 +1175,14 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of pages within unused runs that are potentially
dirty, and for which <code class="function">madvise</code>(<em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><code class="constant">MADV_DONTNEED</code></code></em>) or
- similar has not been called.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ similar has not been called.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.mapped"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.mapped</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Number of mapped bytes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Number of mapped bytes.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.npurge"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.npurge</code>"
@@ -1108,7 +1190,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of dirty page purge sweeps performed.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.nmadvise"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.nmadvise</code>"
@@ -1117,14 +1199,14 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of <code class="function">madvise</code>(<em class="parameter"><code>...</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><code class="constant">MADV_DONTNEED</code></code></em>) or
- similar calls made to purge dirty pages.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ similar calls made to purge dirty pages.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.purged"></a><span class="term">
- "<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.npurged</code>"
+ "<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.purged</code>"
(<span class="type">uint64_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Number of pages purged.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Number of pages purged.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.small.allocated"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.small.allocated</code>"
@@ -1132,7 +1214,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of bytes currently allocated by small objects.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.small.nmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.small.nmalloc</code>"
@@ -1140,7 +1222,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocation requests served by
- small bins.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ small bins.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.small.ndalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.small.ndalloc</code>"
@@ -1148,7 +1230,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of small objects returned to bins.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.small.nrequests"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.small.nrequests</code>"
@@ -1156,7 +1238,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of small allocation requests.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.large.allocated"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.large.allocated</code>"
@@ -1164,7 +1246,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Number of bytes currently allocated by large objects.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.large.nmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.large.nmalloc</code>"
@@ -1172,7 +1254,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of large allocation requests served
- directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.large.ndalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.large.ndalloc</code>"
@@ -1180,7 +1262,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of large deallocation requests served
- directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.large.nrequests"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.large.nrequests</code>"
@@ -1188,7 +1270,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of large allocation requests.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.allocated"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.allocated</code>"
@@ -1196,7 +1278,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Current number of bytes allocated by
- bin.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ bin.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nmalloc</code>"
@@ -1204,7 +1286,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocations served by bin.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.ndalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.ndalloc</code>"
@@ -1212,7 +1294,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocations returned to bin.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nrequests"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nrequests</code>"
@@ -1220,28 +1302,28 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocation
- requests.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ requests.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nfills"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nfills</code>"
(<span class="type">uint64_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code> <code class="option">--enable-tcache</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of tcache fills.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of tcache fills.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nflushes"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nflushes</code>"
(<span class="type">uint64_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code> <code class="option">--enable-tcache</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of tcache flushes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of tcache flushes.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nruns"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nruns</code>"
(<span class="type">uint64_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of runs created.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of runs created.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.nreruns"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.nreruns</code>"
@@ -1249,14 +1331,14 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of times the current run from which
- to allocate changed.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ to allocate changed.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.bins.j.curruns"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.bins.&lt;j&gt;.curruns</code>"
(<span class="type">size_t</span>)
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
- </span></dt><dd><p>Current number of runs.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ </span></dt><dd><p>Current number of runs.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.lruns.j.nmalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.lruns.&lt;j&gt;.nmalloc</code>"
@@ -1264,7 +1346,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocation requests for this size
- class served directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ class served directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.lruns.j.ndalloc"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.lruns.&lt;j&gt;.ndalloc</code>"
@@ -1272,7 +1354,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of deallocation requests for this
- size class served directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ size class served directly by the arena.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.lruns.j.nrequests"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.lruns.&lt;j&gt;.nrequests</code>"
@@ -1280,7 +1362,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Cumulative number of allocation requests for this size
- class.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
+ class.</p></dd><dt><a name="stats.arenas.i.lruns.j.curruns"></a><span class="term">
"<code class="mallctl">stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.lruns.&lt;j&gt;.curruns</code>"
@@ -1288,7 +1370,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="literal">r-</code>
[<code class="option">--enable-stats</code>]
</span></dt><dd><p>Current number of runs for this size class.
- </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="DEBUGGING MALLOC PROBLEMS"><a name="debugging_malloc_problems"></a><h2>DEBUGGING MALLOC PROBLEMS</h2><p>When debugging, it is a good idea to configure/build jemalloc with
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="debugging_malloc_problems"></a><h2>DEBUGGING MALLOC PROBLEMS</h2><p>When debugging, it is a good idea to configure/build jemalloc with
the <code class="option">--enable-debug</code> and <code class="option">--enable-fill</code>
options, and recompile the program with suitable options and symbols for
debugger support. When so configured, jemalloc incorporates a wide variety
@@ -1308,7 +1390,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
it detects, because the performance impact for storing such information
would be prohibitive. However, jemalloc does integrate with the most
excellent <a class="ulink" href="http://valgrind.org/" target="_top">Valgrind</a> tool if the
- <code class="option">--enable-valgrind</code> configuration option is enabled.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES"><a name="diagnostic_messages"></a><h2>DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES</h2><p>If any of the memory allocation/deallocation functions detect an
+ <code class="option">--enable-valgrind</code> configuration option is enabled.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="diagnostic_messages"></a><h2>DIAGNOSTIC MESSAGES</h2><p>If any of the memory allocation/deallocation functions detect an
error or warning condition, a message will be printed to file descriptor
<code class="constant">STDERR_FILENO</code>. Errors will result in the process
dumping core. If the <a class="link" href="#opt.abort">
@@ -1324,7 +1406,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="function">malloc_stats_print</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), followed by a string
pointer. Please note that doing anything which tries to allocate memory in
this function is likely to result in a crash or deadlock.</p><p>All messages are prefixed by
- &#8220;<code class="computeroutput">&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </code>&#8221;.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="RETURN VALUES"><a name="return_values"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2><div class="refsect2" title="Standard API"><a name="id286954473"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) and
+ &#8220;<code class="computeroutput">&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </code>&#8221;.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="return_values"></a><h2>RETURN VALUES</h2><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388028784"></a><h3>Standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) and
<code class="function">calloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions return a pointer to the
allocated memory if successful; otherwise a <code class="constant">NULL</code>
pointer is returned and <code class="varname">errno</code> is set to
@@ -1332,7 +1414,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise it returns an error value.
The <code class="function">posix_memalign</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function will fail
if:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>alignment</code></em> parameter is
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>alignment</code></em> parameter is
not a power of 2 at least as large as
<code class="code">sizeof(<span class="type">void *</span>)</code>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ENOMEM</span></span></dt><dd><p>Memory allocation error.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
@@ -1341,7 +1423,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="constant">NULL</code> pointer is returned and
<code class="varname">errno</code> is set. The
<code class="function">aligned_alloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function will fail if:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>alignment</code></em> parameter is
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p>The <em class="parameter"><code>alignment</code></em> parameter is
not a power of 2.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ENOMEM</span></span></dt><dd><p>Memory allocation error.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
</p><p>The <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function returns a
@@ -1352,26 +1434,38 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
allocation failure. The <code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>)
function always leaves the original buffer intact when an error occurs.
</p><p>The <code class="function">free</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function returns no
- value.</p></div><div class="refsect2" title="Non-standard API"><a name="id286954690"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
- returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
- <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>. </p><p>The <code class="function">mallctl</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ value.</p></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316388003104"></a><h3>Non-standard API</h3><p>The <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) and
+ <code class="function">rallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions return a pointer to
+ the allocated memory if successful; otherwise a <code class="constant">NULL</code>
+ pointer is returned to indicate insufficient contiguous memory was
+ available to service the allocation request. </p><p>The <code class="function">xallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function returns the
+ real size of the resulting resized allocation pointed to by
+ <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>, which is a value less than
+ <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em> if the allocation could not be adequately
+ grown in place. </p><p>The <code class="function">sallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function returns the
+ real size of the allocation pointed to by <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>.
+ </p><p>The <code class="function">nallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) returns the real size
+ that would result from a successful equivalent
+ <code class="function">mallocx</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function call, or zero if
+ insufficient memory is available to perform the size computation. </p><p>The <code class="function">mallctl</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">mallctlnametomib</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), and
<code class="function">mallctlbymib</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions return 0 on
success; otherwise they return an error value. The functions will fail
if:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p><em class="parameter"><code>newp</code></em> is not
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EINVAL</span></span></dt><dd><p><em class="parameter"><code>newp</code></em> is not
<code class="constant">NULL</code>, and <em class="parameter"><code>newlen</code></em> is too
large or too small. Alternatively, <em class="parameter"><code>*oldlenp</code></em>
is too large or too small; in this case as much data as possible
- are read despite the error.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ENOMEM</span></span></dt><dd><p><em class="parameter"><code>*oldlenp</code></em> is too short to
- hold the requested value.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ENOENT</span></span></dt><dd><p><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> or
+ are read despite the error.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ENOENT</span></span></dt><dd><p><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> or
<em class="parameter"><code>mib</code></em> specifies an unknown/invalid
value.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EPERM</span></span></dt><dd><p>Attempt to read or write void value, or attempt to
write read-only value.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EAGAIN</span></span></dt><dd><p>A memory allocation failure
occurred.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">EFAULT</span></span></dt><dd><p>An interface with side effects failed in some way
not directly related to <code class="function">mallctl*</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>)
read/write processing.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
- </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="Experimental API"><a name="id286954842"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><p>The <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ </p><p>The <code class="function">malloc_usable_size</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function
+ returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
+ <em class="parameter"><code>ptr</code></em>. </p></div><div class="refsect2"><a name="idm316387973360"></a><h3>Experimental API</h3><p>The <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">sallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">dallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), and
@@ -1380,7 +1474,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
error value. The <code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), and
<code class="function">nallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions will fail if:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ALLOCM_ERR_OOM</span></span></dt><dd><p>Out of memory. Insufficient contiguous memory was
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ALLOCM_ERR_OOM</span></span></dt><dd><p>Out of memory. Insufficient contiguous memory was
available to service the allocation request. The
<code class="function">allocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function additionally sets
<em class="parameter"><code>*ptr</code></em> to <code class="constant">NULL</code>, whereas
@@ -1388,25 +1482,25 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";</pre><p>
<code class="constant">*ptr</code> unmodified.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
The <code class="function">rallocm</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) function will also
fail if:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ALLOCM_ERR_NOT_MOVED</span></span></dt><dd><p><code class="constant">ALLOCM_NO_MOVE</code> was specified,
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span class="errorname">ALLOCM_ERR_NOT_MOVED</span></span></dt><dd><p><code class="constant">ALLOCM_NO_MOVE</code> was specified,
but the reallocation request could not be serviced without moving
the object.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
- </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="ENVIRONMENT"><a name="environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p>The following environment variable affects the execution of the
+ </p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="environment"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT</h2><p>The following environment variable affects the execution of the
allocation functions:
- </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">MALLOC_CONF</code></span></dt><dd><p>If the environment variable
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">MALLOC_CONF</code></span></dt><dd><p>If the environment variable
<code class="envar">MALLOC_CONF</code> is set, the characters it contains
will be interpreted as options.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
- </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="EXAMPLES"><a name="examples"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>To dump core whenever a problem occurs:
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="examples"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>To dump core whenever a problem occurs:
</p><pre class="screen">ln -s 'abort:true' /etc/malloc.conf</pre><p>
</p><p>To specify in the source a chunk size that is 16 MiB:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
-malloc_conf = "lg_chunk:24";</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="SEE ALSO"><a name="see_also"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">madvise</span>(2)</span>,
+malloc_conf = "lg_chunk:24";</pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="see_also"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">madvise</span>(2)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmap</span>(2)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sbrk</span>(2)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">utrace</span>(2)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">alloca</span>(3)</span>,
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">atexit</span>(3)</span>,
- <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">getpagesize</span>(3)</span></p></div><div class="refsect1" title="STANDARDS"><a name="standards"></a><h2>STANDARDS</h2><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
+ <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">getpagesize</span>(3)</span></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="standards"></a><h2>STANDARDS</h2><p>The <code class="function">malloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">calloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>),
<code class="function">realloc</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>), and
<code class="function">free</code>(<em class="parameter"><code></code></em>) functions conform to ISO/IEC