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| author | DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> | 2017-07-06 13:37:30 -0400 |
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| committer | DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> | 2017-07-06 13:37:30 -0400 |
| commit | d5c3fafc4307c9b7a4c7d5cb381fcdbfad340bcc (patch) | |
| tree | 380cfbc329860434d6b29825bd02ba5f0c7d4b30 /manual/install.texi | |
| parent | 3cefdd7310a5d1fad45648d9346e47df9c185fdc (diff) | |
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Add per-thread cache to malloc
* config.make.in: Enable experimental malloc option.
* configure.ac: Likewise.
* configure: Regenerate.
* manual/install.texi: Document it.
* INSTALL: Regenerate.
* malloc/Makefile: Likewise.
* malloc/malloc.c: Add per-thread cache (tcache).
(tcache_put): New.
(tcache_get): New.
(tcache_thread_freeres): New.
(tcache_init): New.
(__libc_malloc): Use cached chunks if available.
(__libc_free): Initialize tcache if needed.
(__libc_realloc): Likewise.
(__libc_calloc): Likewise.
(_int_malloc): Prefill tcache when appropriate.
(_int_free): Likewise.
(do_set_tcache_max): New.
(do_set_tcache_count): New.
(do_set_tcache_unsorted_limit): New.
* manual/probes.texi: Document new probes.
* malloc/arena.c: Add new tcache tunables.
* elf/dl-tunables.list: Likewise.
* manual/tunables.texi: Document them.
* NEWS: Mention the per-thread cache.
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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 03eb2dd..b8deb9ce 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ libnss_nisplus are not built at all. Use this option to enable libnsl with all depending NSS modules and header files. +@item --disable-experimental-malloc +By default, a per-thread cache is enabled in @code{malloc}. While +this cache can be disabled on a per-application basis using tunables +(set glibc.malloc.tcache_count to zero), this option can be used to +remove it from the build completely. + @item --build=@var{build-system} @itemx --host=@var{host-system} These options are for cross-compiling. If you specify both options and |