4201af0542
Add malloc_swap_enable(). Add the O/o JEMALLOC_OPTIONS flags, which control memory overcommit. Fix mapped memory stats reporting for arenas.
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190 lines
6.8 KiB
Plaintext
Building and installing jemalloc can be as simple as typing the following while
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in the root directory of the source tree:
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./configure
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make
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make install
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=== Advanced configuration =====================================================
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The 'configure' script supports numerous options that allow control of which
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functionality is enabled, where jemalloc is installed, etc. Optionally, pass
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any of the following arguments (not a definitive list) to 'configure':
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--help
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Print a definitive list of options.
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--prefix=<install-root-dir>
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Set the base directory in which to install. For example:
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local
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will cause files to be installed into /usr/local/include, /usr/local/lib,
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and /usr/local/man.
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--with-rpath=<colon-separated-rpath>
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Embed one or more library paths, so that libjemalloc can find the libraries
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it is linked to. This works only on ELF-based systems.
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--with-jemalloc-prefix=<prefix>
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Prefix all public APIs with <prefix>, so that, for example, malloc()
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becomes <prefix>malloc(). This makes it possible to use jemalloc at the
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same time as the system allocator.
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--with-install-suffix=<suffix>
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Append <suffix> to the base name of all installed files, such that multiple
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versions of jemalloc can coexist in the same installation directory. For
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example, libjemalloc.so.0 becomes libjemalloc<suffix>.so.0.
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--enable-debug
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Enable assertions and validation code. This incurs a substantial
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performance hit, but is very useful during application development.
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--enable-stats
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Enable statistics gathering functionality. Use the 'P' option to print
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detailed allocation statistics at exit.
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--disable-tiny
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Disable tiny (sub-quantum-sized) object support. Technically it is not
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legal for a malloc implementation to allocate objects with less than
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quantum alignment (8 or 16 bytes, depending on architecture), but in
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practice it never causes any problems if, for example, 4-byte allocations
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are 4-byte-aligned.
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--disable-tcache
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Disable thread-specific caches for small and medium objects. Objects are
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cached and released in bulk, thus reducing the total number of mutex
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operations. Use the 'H' and 'G' options to control thread-specific caching.
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--enable-swap
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Enable mmap()ed swap file support. When this feature is built in, it is
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possible to specify one or more files that act as backing store. This
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effectively allows for per application swap files.
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--enable-dss
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Enable support for page allocation/deallocation via sbrk(2), in addition to
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mmap(2).
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--enable-fill
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Enable support for junk/zero filling of memory. Use the 'J' option to
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control junk filling, or the 'Z' option to control zero filling.
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--enable-xmalloc
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Enable support for optional immediate termination due to out-of-memory
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errors, as is commonly implemented by "xmalloc" wrapper function for malloc.
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Use the 'X' option to control termination behavior.
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--enable-sysv
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Enable support for System V semantics, wherein malloc(0) returns NULL
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rather than a minimal allocation. Use the 'V' option to control System V
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compatibility.
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--enable-dynamic-page-shift
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Under most conditions, the system page size never changes (usually 4KiB or
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8KiB, depending on architecture and configuration), and unless this option
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is enabled, jemalloc assumes that page size can safely be determined during
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configuration and hard-coded. Enabling dynamic page size determination has
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a measurable impact on performance, since the compiler is forced to load
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the page size from memory rather than embedding immediate values.
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--disable-lazy-lock
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Disable code that wraps pthread_create() to detect when an application
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switches from single-threaded to multi-threaded mode, so that it can avoid
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mutex locking/unlocking operations while in single-threaded mode. In
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practice, this feature usually has little impact on performance unless
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thread-specific caching is disabled.
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--disable-tls
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Disable thread-local storage (TLS), which allows for fast access to
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thread-local variables via the __thread keyword. If TLS is available,
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jemalloc uses it for several purposes. Not that disabling TLS implies
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--disable-tcache.
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The following environment variables (not a definitive list) impact configure's
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behavior:
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CFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags to the compiler. You probably shouldn't define this unless
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you know what you are doing. (Use EXTRA_CFLAGS instead.)
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EXTRA_CFLAGS="?"
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Append these flags to CFLAGS. This makes it possible to add flags such as
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-Werror, while allowing the configure script to determine what other flags
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are appropriate for the specified configuration.
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The configure script specifically checks whether an optimization flag (-O*)
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is specified in EXTRA_CFLAGS, and refrains from specifying an optimization
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level if it finds that one has already been specified.
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CPPFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags to the C preprocessor. Note that CFLAGS is not passed to
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'cpp' when 'configure' is looking for include files, so you must use
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CPPFLAGS instead if you need to help 'configure' find header files.
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH="?"
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'ld' uses this colon-separated list to find libraries.
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LDFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags when linking.
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PATH="?"
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'configure' uses this to find programs.
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=== Advanced compilation =======================================================
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To run integrated regression tests, type:
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make check
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To clean up build results to varying degrees, use the following make targets:
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clean
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distclean
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relclean
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=== Advanced installation ======================================================
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Optionally, define make variables when invoking make, including (not
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exclusively):
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INCLUDEDIR="?"
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Use this as the installation prefix for header files.
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LIBDIR="?"
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Use this as the installation prefix for libraries.
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MANDIR="?"
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Use this as the installation prefix for man pages.
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CC="?"
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Use this to invoke the C compiler.
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CFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags to the compiler.
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CPPFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags to the C preprocessor.
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LDFLAGS="?"
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Pass these flags when linking.
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PATH="?"
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Use this to search for programs used during configuration and building.
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=== Development ================================================================
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If you intend to make non-trivial changes to jemalloc, use the 'autogen.sh'
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script rather than 'configure'. This re-generates 'configure', enables
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configuration dependency rules, and enables re-generation of automatically
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generated source files.
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The build system supports using an object directory separate from the source
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tree. For example, you can create an 'obj' directory, and from within that
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directory, issue configuration and build commands:
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autoconf
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mkdir obj
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cd obj
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../configure --enable-autogen
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make
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