Avoid creating bg thds for huge arena lone.

For low arena count settings, the huge threshold feature may trigger an unwanted
bg thd creation.  Given that the huge arena does eager purging by default,
bypass bg thd creation when initializing the huge arena.

include/jemalloc/internal/arena_externs.h

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void arena_nthreads_dec(arena_t *arena, bool internal);
 size_t arena_extent_sn_next(arena_t *arena);
 arena_t *arena_new(tsdn_t *tsdn, unsigned ind, extent_hooks_t *extent_hooks);
 bool arena_init_huge(void);
+bool arena_is_huge(unsigned arena_ind);
 arena_t *arena_choose_huge(tsd_t *tsd);
 bin_t *arena_bin_choose_lock(tsdn_t *tsdn, arena_t *arena, szind_t binind,
     unsigned *binshard);

src/arena.c

@@ -2127,6 +2127,14 @@ arena_init_huge(void) {
 	return huge_enabled;
 }
 
+bool
+arena_is_huge(unsigned arena_ind) {
+	if (huge_arena_ind == 0) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return (arena_ind == huge_arena_ind);
+}
+
 void
 arena_boot(sc_data_t *sc_data) {
 	arena_dirty_decay_ms_default_set(opt_dirty_decay_ms);

src/background_thread.c

@@ -535,9 +535,8 @@ background_thread_init(tsd_t *tsd, background_thread_info_t *info) {
 	n_background_threads++;
 }
 
-/* Create a new background thread if needed. */
-bool
-background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) {
+static bool
+background_thread_create_locked(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) {
 	assert(have_background_thread);
 	malloc_mutex_assert_owner(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &background_thread_lock);
 
@@ -590,6 +589,19 @@ background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) {
 	return false;
 }
 
+/* Create a new background thread if needed. */
+bool
+background_thread_create(tsd_t *tsd, unsigned arena_ind) {
+	assert(have_background_thread);
+
+	bool ret;
+	malloc_mutex_lock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &background_thread_lock);
+	ret = background_thread_create_locked(tsd, arena_ind);
+	malloc_mutex_unlock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &background_thread_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 bool
 background_threads_enable(tsd_t *tsd) {
 	assert(n_background_threads == 0);
@@ -623,7 +635,7 @@ background_threads_enable(tsd_t *tsd) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return background_thread_create(tsd, 0);
+	return background_thread_create_locked(tsd, 0);
 }
 
 bool

src/ctl.c

@@ -2276,6 +2276,17 @@ arena_i_decay_ms_ctl_impl(tsd_t *tsd, const size_t *mib, size_t miblen,
 			ret = EINVAL;
 			goto label_return;
 		}
+		if (arena_is_huge(arena_ind) && *(ssize_t *)newp > 0) {
+			/*
+			 * By default the huge arena purges eagerly.  If it is
+			 * set to non-zero decay time afterwards, background
+			 * thread might be needed.
+			 */
+			if (background_thread_create(tsd, arena_ind)) {
+				ret = EFAULT;
+				goto label_return;
+			}
+		}
 		if (dirty ? arena_dirty_decay_ms_set(tsd_tsdn(tsd), arena,
 		    *(ssize_t *)newp) : arena_muzzy_decay_ms_set(tsd_tsdn(tsd),
 		    arena, *(ssize_t *)newp)) {

src/jemalloc.c

@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ arena_new_create_background_thread(tsdn_t *tsdn, unsigned ind) {
 	if (ind == 0) {
 		return;
 	}
-	if (have_background_thread) {
-		bool err;
-		malloc_mutex_lock(tsdn, &background_thread_lock);
-		err = background_thread_create(tsdn_tsd(tsdn), ind);
-		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsdn, &background_thread_lock);
-		if (err) {
+	/*
+	 * Avoid creating a new background thread just for the huge arena, which
+	 * purges eagerly by default.
+	 */
+	if (have_background_thread && !arena_is_huge(ind)) {
+		if (background_thread_create(tsdn_tsd(tsdn), ind)) {
 			malloc_printf("<jemalloc>: error in background thread "
 				      "creation for arena %u. Abort.\n", ind);
 			abort();
@@ -1719,11 +1719,7 @@ malloc_init_hard(void) {
 		 * sets isthreaded) needs to be called without holding any lock.
 		 */
 		background_thread_ctl_init(tsd_tsdn(tsd));
-
-		malloc_mutex_lock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &background_thread_lock);
-		bool err = background_thread_create(tsd, 0);
-		malloc_mutex_unlock(tsd_tsdn(tsd), &background_thread_lock);
-		if (err) {
+		if (background_thread_create(tsd, 0)) {
 			return true;
 		}
 	}