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diff --git a/contrib/jemalloc/ChangeLog b/contrib/jemalloc/ChangeLog index a9406853e1bf..98c12f2048e5 100644 --- a/contrib/jemalloc/ChangeLog +++ b/contrib/jemalloc/ChangeLog @@ -4,6 +4,193 @@ brevity. Much more detail can be found in the git revision history: https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc +* 5.0.0 (June 13, 2017) + + Unlike all previous jemalloc releases, this release does not use naturally + aligned "chunks" for virtual memory management, and instead uses page-aligned + "extents". This change has few externally visible effects, but the internal + impacts are... extensive. Many other internal changes combine to make this + the most cohesively designed version of jemalloc so far, with ample + opportunity for further enhancements. + + Continuous integration is now an integral aspect of development thanks to the + efforts of @davidtgoldblatt, and the dev branch tends to remain reasonably + stable on the tested platforms (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows). As a + side effect the official release frequency may decrease over time. + + New features: + - Implement optional per-CPU arena support; threads choose which arena to use + based on current CPU rather than on fixed thread-->arena associations. + (@interwq) + - Implement two-phase decay of unused dirty pages. Pages transition from + dirty-->muzzy-->clean, where the first phase transition relies on + madvise(... MADV_FREE) semantics, and the second phase transition discards + pages such that they are replaced with demand-zeroed pages on next access. + (@jasone) + - Increase decay time resolution from seconds to milliseconds. (@jasone) + - Implement opt-in per CPU background threads, and use them for asynchronous + decay-driven unused dirty page purging. (@interwq) + - Add mutex profiling, which collects a variety of statistics useful for + diagnosing overhead/contention issues. (@interwq) + - Add C++ new/delete operator bindings. (@djwatson) + - Support manually created arena destruction, such that all data and metadata + are discarded. Add MALLCTL_ARENAS_DESTROYED for accessing merged stats + associated with destroyed arenas. (@jasone) + - Add MALLCTL_ARENAS_ALL as a fixed index for use in accessing + merged/destroyed arena statistics via mallctl. (@jasone) + - Add opt.abort_conf to optionally abort if invalid configuration options are + detected during initialization. (@interwq) + - Add opt.stats_print_opts, so that e.g. JSON output can be selected for the + stats dumped during exit if opt.stats_print is true. (@jasone) + - Add --with-version=VERSION for use when embedding jemalloc into another + project's git repository. (@jasone) + - Add --disable-thp to support cross compiling. (@jasone) + - Add --with-lg-hugepage to support cross compiling. (@jasone) + - Add mallctl interfaces (various authors): + + background_thread + + opt.abort_conf + + opt.retain + + opt.percpu_arena + + opt.background_thread + + opt.{dirty,muzzy}_decay_ms + + opt.stats_print_opts + + arena.<i>.initialized + + arena.<i>.destroy + + arena.<i>.{dirty,muzzy}_decay_ms + + arena.<i>.extent_hooks + + arenas.{dirty,muzzy}_decay_ms + + arenas.bin.<i>.slab_size + + arenas.nlextents + + arenas.lextent.<i>.size + + arenas.create + + stats.background_thread.{num_threads,num_runs,run_interval} + + stats.mutexes.{ctl,background_thread,prof,reset}. + {num_ops,num_spin_acq,num_wait,max_wait_time,total_wait_time,max_num_thds, + num_owner_switch} + + stats.arenas.<i>.{dirty,muzzy}_decay_ms + + stats.arenas.<i>.uptime + + stats.arenas.<i>.{pmuzzy,base,internal,resident} + + stats.arenas.<i>.{dirty,muzzy}_{npurge,nmadvise,purged} + + stats.arenas.<i>.bins.<j>.{nslabs,reslabs,curslabs} + + stats.arenas.<i>.bins.<j>.mutex. + {num_ops,num_spin_acq,num_wait,max_wait_time,total_wait_time,max_num_thds, + num_owner_switch} + + stats.arenas.<i>.lextents.<j>.{nmalloc,ndalloc,nrequests,curlextents} + + stats.arenas.i.mutexes.{large,extent_avail,extents_dirty,extents_muzzy, + extents_retained,decay_dirty,decay_muzzy,base,tcache_list}. + {num_ops,num_spin_acq,num_wait,max_wait_time,total_wait_time,max_num_thds, + num_owner_switch} + + Portability improvements: + - Improve reentrant allocation support, such that deadlock is less likely if + e.g. a system library call in turn allocates memory. (@davidtgoldblatt, + @interwq) + - Support static linking of jemalloc with glibc. (@djwatson) + + Optimizations and refactors: + - Organize virtual memory as "extents" of virtual memory pages, rather than as + naturally aligned "chunks", and store all metadata in arbitrarily distant + locations. This reduces virtual memory external fragmentation, and will + interact better with huge pages (not yet explicitly supported). (@jasone) + - Fold large and huge size classes together; only small and large size classes + remain. (@jasone) + - Unify the allocation paths, and merge most fast-path branching decisions. + (@davidtgoldblatt, @interwq) + - Embed per thread automatic tcache into thread-specific data, which reduces + conditional branches and dereferences. Also reorganize tcache to increase + fast-path data locality. (@interwq) + - Rewrite atomics to closely model the C11 API, convert various + synchronization from mutex-based to atomic, and use the explicit memory + ordering control to resolve various hypothetical races without increasing + synchronization overhead. (@davidtgoldblatt) + - Extensively optimize rtree via various methods: + + Add multiple layers of rtree lookup caching, since rtree lookups are now + part of fast-path deallocation. (@interwq) + + Determine rtree layout at compile time. (@jasone) + + Make the tree shallower for common configurations. (@jasone) + + Embed the root node in the top-level rtree data structure, thus avoiding + one level of indirection. (@jasone) + + Further specialize leaf elements as compared to internal node elements, + and directly embed extent metadata needed for fast-path deallocation. + (@jasone) + + Ignore leading always-zero address bits (architecture-specific). + (@jasone) + - Reorganize headers (ongoing work) to make them hermetic, and disentangle + various module dependencies. (@davidtgoldblatt) + - Convert various internal data structures such as size class metadata from + boot-time-initialized to compile-time-initialized. Propagate resulting data + structure simplifications, such as making arena metadata fixed-size. + (@jasone) + - Simplify size class lookups when constrained to size classes that are + multiples of the page size. This speeds lookups, but the primary benefit is + complexity reduction in code that was the source of numerous regressions. + (@jasone) + - Lock individual extents when possible for localized extent operations, + rather than relying on a top-level arena lock. (@davidtgoldblatt, @jasone) + - Use first fit layout policy instead of best fit, in order to improve + packing. (@jasone) + - If munmap(2) is not in use, use an exponential series to grow each arena's + virtual memory, so that the number of disjoint virtual memory mappings + remains low. (@jasone) + - Implement per arena base allocators, so that arenas never share any virtual + memory pages. (@jasone) + - Automatically generate private symbol name mangling macros. (@jasone) + + Incompatible changes: + - Replace chunk hooks with an expanded/normalized set of extent hooks. + (@jasone) + - Remove ratio-based purging. (@jasone) + - Remove --disable-tcache. (@jasone) + - Remove --disable-tls. (@jasone) + - Remove --enable-ivsalloc. (@jasone) + - Remove --with-lg-size-class-group. (@jasone) + - Remove --with-lg-tiny-min. (@jasone) + - Remove --disable-cc-silence. (@jasone) + - Remove --enable-code-coverage. (@jasone) + - Remove --disable-munmap (replaced by opt.retain). (@jasone) + - Remove Valgrind support. (@jasone) + - Remove quarantine support. (@jasone) + - Remove redzone support. (@jasone) + - Remove mallctl interfaces (various authors): + + config.munmap + + config.tcache + + config.tls + + config.valgrind + + opt.lg_chunk + + opt.purge + + opt.lg_dirty_mult + + opt.decay_time + + opt.quarantine + + opt.redzone + + opt.thp + + arena.<i>.lg_dirty_mult + + arena.<i>.decay_time + + arena.<i>.chunk_hooks + + arenas.initialized + + arenas.lg_dirty_mult + + arenas.decay_time + + arenas.bin.<i>.run_size + + arenas.nlruns + + arenas.lrun.<i>.size + + arenas.nhchunks + + arenas.hchunk.<i>.size + + arenas.extend + + stats.cactive + + stats.arenas.<i>.lg_dirty_mult + + stats.arenas.<i>.decay_time + + stats.arenas.<i>.metadata.{mapped,allocated} + + stats.arenas.<i>.{npurge,nmadvise,purged} + + stats.arenas.<i>.huge.{allocated,nmalloc,ndalloc,nrequests} + + stats.arenas.<i>.bins.<j>.{nruns,reruns,curruns} + + stats.arenas.<i>.lruns.<j>.{nmalloc,ndalloc,nrequests,curruns} + + stats.arenas.<i>.hchunks.<j>.{nmalloc,ndalloc,nrequests,curhchunks} + + Bug fixes: + - Improve interval-based profile dump triggering to dump only one profile when + a single allocation's size exceeds the interval. (@jasone) + - Use prefixed function names (as controlled by --with-jemalloc-prefix) when + pruning backtrace frames in jeprof. (@jasone) + * 4.5.0 (February 28, 2017) This is the first release to benefit from much broader continuous integration @@ -12,7 +199,7 @@ brevity. Much more detail can be found in the git revision history: regressions fixed by this release. New features: - - Add --disable-thp and the opt.thp to provide opt-out mechanisms for + - Add --disable-thp and the opt.thp mallctl to provide opt-out mechanisms for transparent huge page integration. (@jasone) - Update zone allocator integration to work with macOS 10.12. (@glandium) - Restructure *CFLAGS configuration, so that CFLAGS behaves typically, and @@ -25,7 +212,7 @@ brevity. Much more detail can be found in the git revision history: - Handle race in per size class utilization computation. This functionality was first released in 4.0.0. (@interwq) - Fix lock order reversal during gdump. (@jasone) - - Fix-refactor tcache synchronization. This regression was first released in + - Fix/refactor tcache synchronization. This regression was first released in 4.0.0. (@jasone) - Fix various JSON-formatted malloc_stats_print() bugs. This functionality was first released in 4.3.0. (@jasone) |