Add the --enable-mremap option.

Add the --enable-mremap option, and disable the use of mremap(2) by
default, for the same reason that freeing chunks via munmap(2) is
disabled by default on Linux: semi-permanent VM map fragmentation.

INSTALL

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ any of the following arguments (not a definitive list) to 'configure':
     released in bulk, thus reducing the total number of mutex operations.  See
     the "opt.tcache" option for usage details.
 
+--enable-mremap
+    Enable huge realloc() via mremap(2).  mremap() is disabled by default
+    because the flavor used is specific to Linux, which has a quirk in its
+    virtual memory allocation algorithm that causes semi-permanent VM map holes
+    under normal jemalloc operation.
+
 --disable-munmap
     Disable virtual memory deallocation via munmap(2); instead keep track of
     the virtual memory for later use.  munmap() is disabled by default (i.e.

configure.ac

@@ -372,16 +372,6 @@ else
   AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_TLS_MODEL], [ ])
 fi
 
-JE_COMPILABLE([mremap(...MREMAP_FIXED...)], [
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-], [
-void *p = mremap((void *)0, 0, 0, MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED, (void *)0);
-], [je_cv_mremap_fixed])
-if test "x${je_cv_mremap_fixed}" = "xyes" ; then
-  AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_MREMAP_FIXED], [ ])
-fi
-
 dnl Support optional additions to rpath.
 AC_ARG_WITH([rpath],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-rpath=<rpath>], [Colon-separated rpath (ELF systems only)])],
@@ -743,6 +733,33 @@ if test "x$enable_tcache" = "x1" ; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([enable_tcache])
 
+dnl Disable mremap() for huge realloc() by default.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([mremap],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-mremap], [Enable mremap(2) for huge realloc()])],
+[if test "x$enable_mremap" = "xno" ; then
+  enable_mremap="0"
+else
+  enable_mremap="1"
+fi
+],
+[enable_mremap="0"]
+)
+if test "x$enable_mremap" = "x1" ; then
+  JE_COMPILABLE([mremap(...MREMAP_FIXED...)], [
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+], [
+void *p = mremap((void *)0, 0, 0, MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED, (void *)0);
+], [je_cv_mremap_fixed])
+  if test "x${je_cv_mremap_fixed}" = "xno" ; then
+    enable_mremap="0"
+  fi
+fi
+if test "x$enable_mremap" = "x1" ; then
+  AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_MREMAP], [ ])
+fi
+AC_SUBST([enable_mremap])
+
 dnl Enable VM deallocation via munmap() by default.
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([munmap],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-munmap], [Disable VM deallocation via munmap(2)])],
@@ -1261,6 +1278,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([fill               : ${enable_fill}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([utrace             : ${enable_utrace}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([valgrind           : ${enable_valgrind}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([xmalloc            : ${enable_xmalloc}])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([mremap             : ${enable_mremap}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([munmap             : ${enable_munmap}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([dss                : ${enable_dss}])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([lazy_lock          : ${enable_lazy_lock}])

doc/jemalloc.xml.in

@@ -650,6 +650,16 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
         during build configuration.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>
+          <mallctl>config.mremap</mallctl>
+          (<type>bool</type>)
+          <literal>r-</literal>
+        </term>
+        <listitem><para><option>--enable-mremap</option> was specified during
+        build configuration.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <mallctl>config.munmap</mallctl>

include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in

@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ static const bool config_prof_libunwind =
     false
 #endif
     ;
+static const bool config_mremap =
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_MREMAP
+    true
+#else
+    false
+#endif
+    ;
 static const bool config_munmap =
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_MUNMAP
     true

include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in

@@ -193,12 +193,18 @@
 
 /*
  * If defined, use munmap() to unmap freed chunks, rather than storing them for
- * later reuse.  This is automatically disabled if configuration determines
+ * later reuse.  This is disabled by default on Linux because common sequences
- * that common sequences of mmap()/munmap() calls will cause virtual memory map
+ * of mmap()/munmap() calls will cause virtual memory map holes.
- * holes.
  */
 #undef JEMALLOC_MUNMAP
 
+/*
+ * If defined, use mremap(...MREMAP_FIXED...) for huge realloc().  This is
+ * disabled by default because it is Linux-specific and it will cause virtual
+ * memory map holes, much like munmap(2) does.
+ */
+#undef JEMALLOC_MREMAP
+
 /* TLS is used to map arenas and magazine caches to threads. */
 #undef JEMALLOC_TLS
 
@@ -221,9 +227,6 @@
 #undef JEMALLOC_ZONE
 #undef JEMALLOC_ZONE_VERSION
 
-/* If defined, use mremap(...MREMAP_FIXED...) for huge realloc(). */
-#undef JEMALLOC_MREMAP_FIXED
-
 /*
  * Methods for purging unused pages differ between operating systems.
  *

src/ctl.c

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ CTL_PROTO(config_debug)
 CTL_PROTO(config_dss)
 CTL_PROTO(config_fill)
 CTL_PROTO(config_lazy_lock)
+CTL_PROTO(config_mremap)
 CTL_PROTO(config_munmap)
 CTL_PROTO(config_prof)
 CTL_PROTO(config_prof_libgcc)
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ static const ctl_named_node_t	config_node[] = {
 	{NAME("dss"),			CTL(config_dss)},
 	{NAME("fill"),			CTL(config_fill)},
 	{NAME("lazy_lock"),		CTL(config_lazy_lock)},
+	{NAME("mremap"),		CTL(config_mremap)},
 	{NAME("munmap"),		CTL(config_munmap)},
 	{NAME("prof"),			CTL(config_prof)},
 	{NAME("prof_libgcc"),		CTL(config_prof_libgcc)},
@@ -1118,6 +1120,7 @@ CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_debug)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_dss)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_fill)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_lazy_lock)
+CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_mremap)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_munmap)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_prof)
 CTL_RO_BOOL_CONFIG_GEN(config_prof_libgcc)

src/huge.c

@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ huge_ralloc(void *ptr, size_t oldsize, size_t size, size_t extra,
 	 */
 	copysize = (size < oldsize) ? size : oldsize;
 
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_MREMAP
 	/*
 	 * Use mremap(2) if this is a huge-->huge reallocation, and neither the
 	 * source nor the destination are in dss.
 	 */
-#ifdef JEMALLOC_MREMAP_FIXED
 	if (oldsize >= chunksize && (config_dss == false || (chunk_in_dss(ptr)
 	    == false && chunk_in_dss(ret) == false))) {
 		size_t newsize = huge_salloc(ret);