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<title>LIBRARY</title>
<para>This manual describes jemalloc @jemalloc_version@. More information
can be found at the <ulink
url="http://jemalloc.net/">jemalloc website</ulink>.</para>
url="http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/">jemalloc website</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<title>SYNOPSIS</title>
@ -180,20 +180,20 @@
<refsect2>
<title>Standard API</title>
<para>The <function>malloc()</function> function allocates
<para>The <function>malloc<parameter/></function> function allocates
<parameter>size</parameter> bytes of uninitialized memory. The allocated
space is suitably aligned (after possible pointer coercion) for storage
of any type of object.</para>
<para>The <function>calloc()</function> function allocates
<para>The <function>calloc<parameter/></function> function allocates
space for <parameter>number</parameter> objects, each
<parameter>size</parameter> bytes in length. The result is identical to
calling <function>malloc()</function> with an argument of
calling <function>malloc<parameter/></function> with an argument of
<parameter>number</parameter> * <parameter>size</parameter>, with the
exception that the allocated memory is explicitly initialized to zero
bytes.</para>
<para>The <function>posix_memalign()</function> function
<para>The <function>posix_memalign<parameter/></function> function
allocates <parameter>size</parameter> bytes of memory such that the
allocation's base address is a multiple of
<parameter>alignment</parameter>, and returns the allocation in the value
@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
<parameter>alignment</parameter> must be a power of 2 at least as large as
<code language="C">sizeof(<type>void *</type>)</code>.</para>
<para>The <function>aligned_alloc()</function> function
<para>The <function>aligned_alloc<parameter/></function> function
allocates <parameter>size</parameter> bytes of memory such that the
allocation's base address is a multiple of
<parameter>alignment</parameter>. The requested
@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
undefined if <parameter>size</parameter> is not an integral multiple of
<parameter>alignment</parameter>.</para>
<para>The <function>realloc()</function> function changes the
<para>The <function>realloc<parameter/></function> function changes the
size of the previously allocated memory referenced by
<parameter>ptr</parameter> to <parameter>size</parameter> bytes. The
contents of the memory are unchanged up to the lesser of the new and old
@ -217,26 +217,26 @@
portion of the memory are undefined. Upon success, the memory referenced
by <parameter>ptr</parameter> is freed and a pointer to the newly
allocated memory is returned. Note that
<function>realloc()</function> may move the memory allocation,
<function>realloc<parameter/></function> may move the memory allocation,
resulting in a different return value than <parameter>ptr</parameter>.
If <parameter>ptr</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>, the
<function>realloc()</function> function behaves identically to
<function>malloc()</function> for the specified size.</para>
<function>realloc<parameter/></function> function behaves identically to
<function>malloc<parameter/></function> for the specified size.</para>
<para>The <function>free()</function> function causes the
<para>The <function>free<parameter/></function> function causes the
allocated memory referenced by <parameter>ptr</parameter> to be made
available for future allocations. If <parameter>ptr</parameter> is
<constant>NULL</constant>, no action occurs.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Non-standard API</title>
<para>The <function>mallocx()</function>,
<function>rallocx()</function>,
<function>xallocx()</function>,
<function>sallocx()</function>,
<function>dallocx()</function>,
<function>sdallocx()</function>, and
<function>nallocx()</function> functions all have a
<para>The <function>mallocx<parameter/></function>,
<function>rallocx<parameter/></function>,
<function>xallocx<parameter/></function>,
<function>sallocx<parameter/></function>,
<function>dallocx<parameter/></function>,
<function>sdallocx<parameter/></function>, and
<function>nallocx<parameter/></function> functions all have a
<parameter>flags</parameter> argument that can be used to specify
options. The functions only check the options that are contextually
relevant. Use bitwise or (<code language="C">|</code>) operations to
@ -307,19 +307,21 @@
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>The <function>mallocx()</function> function allocates at
<para>The <function>mallocx<parameter/></function> function allocates at
least <parameter>size</parameter> bytes of memory, and returns a pointer
to the base address of the allocation. Behavior is undefined if
<parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>.</para>
<parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>, or if request size
overflows due to size class and/or alignment constraints.</para>
<para>The <function>rallocx()</function> function resizes the
<para>The <function>rallocx<parameter/></function> function resizes the
allocation at <parameter>ptr</parameter> to be at least
<parameter>size</parameter> bytes, and returns a pointer to the base
address of the resulting allocation, which may or may not have moved from
its original location. Behavior is undefined if
<parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>.</para>
<parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>, or if request size
overflows due to size class and/or alignment constraints.</para>
<para>The <function>xallocx()</function> function resizes the
<para>The <function>xallocx<parameter/></function> function resizes the
allocation at <parameter>ptr</parameter> in place to be at least
<parameter>size</parameter> bytes, and returns the real size of the
allocation. If <parameter>extra</parameter> is non-zero, an attempt is
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language="C">(<parameter>size</parameter> + <parameter>extra</parameter>
&gt; <constant>SIZE_T_MAX</constant>)</code>.</para>
<para>The <function>sallocx()</function> function returns the
<para>The <function>sallocx<parameter/></function> function returns the
real size of the allocation at <parameter>ptr</parameter>.</para>
<para>The <function>dallocx()</function> function causes the
<para>The <function>dallocx<parameter/></function> function causes the
memory referenced by <parameter>ptr</parameter> to be made available for
future allocations.</para>
<para>The <function>sdallocx()</function> function is an
extension of <function>dallocx()</function> with a
<para>The <function>sdallocx<parameter/></function> function is an
extension of <function>dallocx<parameter/></function> with a
<parameter>size</parameter> parameter to allow the caller to pass in the
allocation size as an optimization. The minimum valid input size is the
original requested size of the allocation, and the maximum valid input
size is the corresponding value returned by
<function>nallocx()</function> or
<function>sallocx()</function>.</para>
<function>nallocx<parameter/></function> or
<function>sallocx<parameter/></function>.</para>
<para>The <function>nallocx()</function> function allocates no
<para>The <function>nallocx<parameter/></function> function allocates no
memory, but it performs the same size computation as the
<function>mallocx()</function> function, and returns the real
<function>mallocx<parameter/></function> function, and returns the real
size of the allocation that would result from the equivalent
<function>mallocx()</function> function call, or
<constant>0</constant> if the inputs exceed the maximum supported size
class and/or alignment. Behavior is undefined if
<parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>.</para>
<function>mallocx<parameter/></function> function call. Behavior is
undefined if <parameter>size</parameter> is <constant>0</constant>, or if
request size overflows due to size class and/or alignment
constraints.</para>
<para>The <function>mallctl()</function> function provides a
<para>The <function>mallctl<parameter/></function> function provides a
general interface for introspecting the memory allocator, as well as
setting modifiable parameters and triggering actions. The
period-separated <parameter>name</parameter> argument specifies a
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<parameter>newlen</parameter>; otherwise pass <constant>NULL</constant>
and <constant>0</constant>.</para>
<para>The <function>mallctlnametomib()</function> function
<para>The <function>mallctlnametomib<parameter/></function> function
provides a way to avoid repeated name lookups for applications that
repeatedly query the same portion of the namespace, by translating a name
to a <quote>Management Information Base</quote> (MIB) that can be passed
repeatedly to <function>mallctlbymib()</function>. Upon
successful return from <function>mallctlnametomib()</function>,
to a &ldquo;Management Information Base&rdquo; (MIB) that can be passed
repeatedly to <function>mallctlbymib<parameter/></function>. Upon
successful return from <function>mallctlnametomib<parameter/></function>,
<parameter>mibp</parameter> contains an array of
<parameter>*miblenp</parameter> integers, where
<parameter>*miblenp</parameter> is the lesser of the number of components
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mib[2] = i;
len = sizeof(bin_size);
mallctlbymib(mib, miblen, (void *)&bin_size, &len, NULL, 0);
mallctlbymib(mib, miblen, &bin_size, &len, NULL, 0);
/* Do something with bin_size... */
}]]></programlisting></para>
<para>The <function>malloc_stats_print()</function> function writes
summary statistics via the <parameter>write_cb</parameter> callback
function pointer and <parameter>cbopaque</parameter> data passed to
<parameter>write_cb</parameter>, or <function>malloc_message()</function>
if <parameter>write_cb</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>. The
statistics are presented in human-readable form unless <quote>J</quote> is
specified as a character within the <parameter>opts</parameter> string, in
which case the statistics are presented in <ulink
url="http://www.json.org/">JSON format</ulink>. This function can be
called repeatedly. General information that never changes during
execution can be omitted by specifying <quote>g</quote> as a character
<para>The <function>malloc_stats_print<parameter/></function> function
writes human-readable summary statistics via the
<parameter>write_cb</parameter> callback function pointer and
<parameter>cbopaque</parameter> data passed to
<parameter>write_cb</parameter>, or
<function>malloc_message<parameter/></function> if
<parameter>write_cb</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>. This
function can be called repeatedly. General information that never
changes during execution can be omitted by specifying "g" as a character
within the <parameter>opts</parameter> string. Note that
<function>malloc_message()</function> uses the
<function>mallctl*()</function> functions internally, so inconsistent
statistics can be reported if multiple threads use these functions
simultaneously. If <option>--enable-stats</option> is specified during
configuration, <quote>m</quote> and <quote>a</quote> can be specified to
omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively;
<quote>b</quote>, <quote>l</quote>, and <quote>h</quote> can be specified
to omit per size class statistics for bins, large objects, and huge
objects, respectively. Unrecognized characters are silently ignored.
Note that thread caching may prevent some statistics from being completely
up to date, since extra locking would be required to merge counters that
track thread cache operations.</para>
<function>malloc_message<parameter/></function> uses the
<function>mallctl*<parameter/></function> functions internally, so
inconsistent statistics can be reported if multiple threads use these
functions simultaneously. If <option>--enable-stats</option> is
specified during configuration, &ldquo;m&rdquo; and &ldquo;a&rdquo; can
be specified to omit merged arena and per arena statistics, respectively;
&ldquo;b&rdquo;, &ldquo;l&rdquo;, and &ldquo;h&rdquo; can be specified to
omit per size class statistics for bins, large objects, and huge objects,
respectively. Unrecognized characters are silently ignored. Note that
thread caching may prevent some statistics from being completely up to
date, since extra locking would be required to merge counters that track
thread cache operations.
</para>
<para>The <function>malloc_usable_size()</function> function
<para>The <function>malloc_usable_size<parameter/></function> function
returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
<parameter>ptr</parameter>. The return value may be larger than the size
that was requested during allocation. The
<function>malloc_usable_size()</function> function is not a
mechanism for in-place <function>realloc()</function>; rather
<function>malloc_usable_size<parameter/></function> function is not a
mechanism for in-place <function>realloc<parameter/></function>; rather
it is provided solely as a tool for introspection purposes. Any
discrepancy between the requested allocation size and the size reported
by <function>malloc_usable_size()</function> should not be
by <function>malloc_usable_size<parameter/></function> should not be
depended on, since such behavior is entirely implementation-dependent.
</para>
</refsect2>
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routines, the allocator initializes its internals based in part on various
options that can be specified at compile- or run-time.</para>
<para>The string specified via <option>--with-malloc-conf</option>, the
string pointed to by the global variable <varname>malloc_conf</varname>, the
<quote>name</quote> of the file referenced by the symbolic link named
<filename class="symlink">/etc/malloc.conf</filename>, and the value of the
<para>The string pointed to by the global variable
<varname>malloc_conf</varname>, the &ldquo;name&rdquo; of the file
referenced by the symbolic link named <filename
class="symlink">/etc/malloc.conf</filename>, and the value of the
environment variable <envar>MALLOC_CONF</envar>, will be interpreted, in
that order, from left to right as options. Note that
<varname>malloc_conf</varname> may be read before
<function>main()</function> is entered, so the declaration of
<function>main<parameter/></function> is entered, so the declaration of
<varname>malloc_conf</varname> should specify an initializer that contains
the final value to be read by jemalloc. <option>--with-malloc-conf</option>
and <varname>malloc_conf</varname> are compile-time mechanisms, whereas
<filename class="symlink">/etc/malloc.conf</filename> and
<envar>MALLOC_CONF</envar> can be safely set any time prior to program
invocation.</para>
the final value to be read by jemalloc. <varname>malloc_conf</varname> is
a compile-time setting, whereas <filename
class="symlink">/etc/malloc.conf</filename> and <envar>MALLOC_CONF</envar>
can be safely set any time prior to program invocation.</para>
<para>An options string is a comma-separated list of option:value pairs.
There is one key corresponding to each <link
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common case, but it increases memory usage and fragmentation, since a
bounded number of objects can remain allocated in each thread cache.</para>
<para>Memory is conceptually broken into equal-sized chunks, where the chunk
size is a power of two that is greater than the page size. Chunks are
always aligned to multiples of the chunk size. This alignment makes it
possible to find metadata for user objects very quickly. User objects are
broken into three categories according to size: small, large, and huge.
Multiple small and large objects can reside within a single chunk, whereas
huge objects each have one or more chunks backing them. Each chunk that
contains small and/or large objects tracks its contents as runs of
<para>Memory is conceptually broken into equal-sized chunks, where the
chunk size is a power of two that is greater than the page size. Chunks
are always aligned to multiples of the chunk size. This alignment makes it
possible to find metadata for user objects very quickly.</para>
<para>User objects are broken into three categories according to size:
small, large, and huge. Small and large objects are managed entirely by
arenas; huge objects are additionally aggregated in a single data structure
that is shared by all threads. Huge objects are typically used by
applications infrequently enough that this single data structure is not a
scalability issue.</para>
<para>Each chunk that is managed by an arena tracks its contents as runs of
contiguous pages (unused, backing a set of small objects, or backing one
large object). The combination of chunk alignment and chunk page maps makes
it possible to determine all metadata regarding small and large allocations
in constant time.</para>
large object). The combination of chunk alignment and chunk page maps
makes it possible to determine all metadata regarding small and large
allocations in constant time.</para>
<para>Small objects are managed in groups by page runs. Each run maintains
a bitmap to track which regions are in use. Allocation requests that are no
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are smaller than four times the page size, large size classes are smaller
than the chunk size (see the <link
linkend="opt.lg_chunk"><mallctl>opt.lg_chunk</mallctl></link> option), and
huge size classes extend from the chunk size up to the largest size class
that does not exceed <constant>PTRDIFF_MAX</constant>.</para>
huge size classes extend from the chunk size up to one size class less than
the full address space size.</para>
<para>Allocations are packed tightly together, which can be an issue for
multi-threaded applications. If you need to assure that allocations do not
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nearest multiple of the cacheline size, or specify cacheline alignment when
allocating.</para>
<para>The <function>realloc()</function>,
<function>rallocx()</function>, and
<function>xallocx()</function> functions may resize allocations
<para>The <function>realloc<parameter/></function>,
<function>rallocx<parameter/></function>, and
<function>xallocx<parameter/></function> functions may resize allocations
without moving them under limited circumstances. Unlike the
<function>*allocx()</function> API, the standard API does not
<function>*allocx<parameter/></function> API, the standard API does not
officially round up the usable size of an allocation to the nearest size
class, so technically it is necessary to call
<function>realloc()</function> to grow e.g. a 9-byte allocation to
<function>realloc<parameter/></function> to grow e.g. a 9-byte allocation to
16 bytes, or shrink a 16-byte allocation to 9 bytes. Growth and shrinkage
trivially succeeds in place as long as the pre-size and post-size both round
up to the same size class. No other API guarantees are made regarding
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<entry>[1280 KiB, 1536 KiB, 1792 KiB]</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry morerows="8">Huge</entry>
<entry morerows="6">Huge</entry>
<entry>256 KiB</entry>
<entry>[2 MiB]</entry>
</row>
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<entry>...</entry>
<entry>...</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>512 PiB</entry>
<entry>[2560 PiB, 3 EiB, 3584 PiB, 4 EiB]</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1 EiB</entry>
<entry>[5 EiB, 6 EiB, 7 EiB]</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
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<refsect1 id="mallctl_namespace">
<title>MALLCTL NAMESPACE</title>
<para>The following names are defined in the namespace accessible via the
<function>mallctl*()</function> functions. Value types are
<function>mallctl*<parameter/></function> functions. Value types are
specified in parentheses, their readable/writable statuses are encoded as
<literal>rw</literal>, <literal>r-</literal>, <literal>-w</literal>, or
<literal>--</literal>, and required build configuration flags follow, if
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<literal>rw</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>If a value is passed in, refresh the data from which
the <function>mallctl*()</function> functions report values,
the <function>mallctl*<parameter/></function> functions report values,
and increment the epoch. Return the current epoch. This is useful for
detecting whether another thread caused a refresh.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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during build configuration.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="config.malloc_conf">
<term>
<mallctl>config.malloc_conf</mallctl>
(<type>const char *</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Embedded configure-time-specified run-time options
string, empty unless <option>--with-malloc-conf</option> was specified
during build configuration.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="config.munmap">
<term>
<mallctl>config.munmap</mallctl>
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settings are supported if
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sbrk</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> is supported by the operating
system: <quote>disabled</quote>, <quote>primary</quote>, and
<quote>secondary</quote>; otherwise only <quote>disabled</quote> is
supported. The default is <quote>secondary</quote> if
system: &ldquo;disabled&rdquo;, &ldquo;primary&rdquo;, and
&ldquo;secondary&rdquo;; otherwise only &ldquo;disabled&rdquo; is
supported. The default is &ldquo;secondary&rdquo; if
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sbrk</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> is supported by the operating
system; <quote>disabled</quote> otherwise.
system; &ldquo;disabled&rdquo; otherwise.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="opt.narenas">
<term>
<mallctl>opt.narenas</mallctl>
(<type>unsigned</type>)
(<type>size_t</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Maximum number of arenas to use for automatic
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number of CPUs, or one if there is a single CPU.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt.purge">
<term>
<mallctl>opt.purge</mallctl>
(<type>const char *</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Purge mode is &ldquo;ratio&rdquo; (default) or
&ldquo;decay&rdquo;. See <link
linkend="opt.lg_dirty_mult"><mallctl>opt.lg_dirty_mult</mallctl></link>
for details of the ratio mode. See <link
linkend="opt.decay_time"><mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl></link> for
details of the decay mode.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt.lg_dirty_mult">
<term>
<mallctl>opt.lg_dirty_mult</mallctl>
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for related dynamic control options.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt.decay_time">
<term>
<mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl>
(<type>ssize_t</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Approximate time in seconds from the creation of a set
of unused dirty pages until an equivalent set of unused dirty pages is
purged and/or reused. The pages are incrementally purged according to a
sigmoidal decay curve that starts and ends with zero purge rate. A
decay time of 0 causes all unused dirty pages to be purged immediately
upon creation. A decay time of -1 disables purging. The default decay
time is 10 seconds. See <link
linkend="arenas.decay_time"><mallctl>arenas.decay_time</mallctl></link>
and <link
linkend="arena.i.decay_time"><mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.decay_time</mallctl></link>
for related dynamic control options.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt.stats_print">
<term>
<mallctl>opt.stats_print</mallctl>
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<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Enable/disable statistics printing at exit. If
enabled, the <function>malloc_stats_print()</function>
enabled, the <function>malloc_stats_print<parameter/></function>
function is called at program exit via an
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>atexit</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> function. If
<option>--enable-stats</option> is specified during configuration, this
has the potential to cause deadlock for a multi-threaded process that
exits while one or more threads are executing in the memory allocation
functions. Furthermore, <function>atexit()</function> may
functions. Furthermore, <function>atexit<parameter/></function> may
allocate memory during application initialization and then deadlock
internally when jemalloc in turn calls
<function>atexit()</function>, so this option is not
universally usable (though the application can register its own
<function>atexit()</function> function with equivalent
<function>atexit<parameter/></function>, so this option is not
univerally usable (though the application can register its own
<function>atexit<parameter/></function> function with equivalent
functionality). Therefore, this option should only be used with care;
it is primarily intended as a performance tuning aid during application
development. This option is disabled by default.</para></listitem>
@ -1039,16 +991,15 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
<literal>r-</literal>
[<option>--enable-fill</option>]
</term>
<listitem><para>Junk filling. If set to <quote>alloc</quote>, each byte
of uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to
<literal>0xa5</literal>. If set to <quote>free</quote>, all deallocated
memory will be initialized to <literal>0x5a</literal>. If set to
<quote>true</quote>, both allocated and deallocated memory will be
initialized, and if set to <quote>false</quote>, junk filling be
disabled entirely. This is intended for debugging and will impact
performance negatively. This option is <quote>false</quote> by default
unless <option>--enable-debug</option> is specified during
configuration, in which case it is <quote>true</quote> by default unless
<listitem><para>Junk filling. If set to "alloc", each byte of
uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to
<literal>0xa5</literal>. If set to "free", all deallocated memory will
be initialized to <literal>0x5a</literal>. If set to "true", both
allocated and deallocated memory will be initialized, and if set to
"false", junk filling be disabled entirely. This is intended for
debugging and will impact performance negatively. This option is
"false" by default unless <option>--enable-debug</option> is specified
during configuration, in which case it is "true" by default unless
running inside <ulink
url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1103,8 +1054,8 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
<listitem><para>Zero filling enabled/disabled. If enabled, each byte
of uninitialized allocated memory will be initialized to 0. Note that
this initialization only happens once for each byte, so
<function>realloc()</function> and
<function>rallocx()</function> calls do not zero memory that
<function>realloc<parameter/></function> and
<function>rallocx<parameter/></function> calls do not zero memory that
was previously allocated. This is intended for debugging and will
impact performance negatively. This option is disabled by default.
</para></listitem>
@ -1199,8 +1150,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
the <command>jeprof</command> command, which is based on the
<command>pprof</command> that is developed as part of the <ulink
url="http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/">gperftools
package</ulink>. See <link linkend="heap_profile_format">HEAP PROFILE
FORMAT</link> for heap profile format documentation.</para></listitem>
package</ulink>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="opt.prof_prefix">
@ -1327,11 +1277,11 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
<filename>&lt;prefix&gt;.&lt;pid&gt;.&lt;seq&gt;.f.heap</filename>,
where <literal>&lt;prefix&gt;</literal> is controlled by the <link
linkend="opt.prof_prefix"><mallctl>opt.prof_prefix</mallctl></link>
option. Note that <function>atexit()</function> may allocate
option. Note that <function>atexit<parameter/></function> may allocate
memory during application initialization and then deadlock internally
when jemalloc in turn calls <function>atexit()</function>, so
this option is not universally usable (though the application can
register its own <function>atexit()</function> function with
when jemalloc in turn calls <function>atexit<parameter/></function>, so
this option is not univerally usable (though the application can
register its own <function>atexit<parameter/></function> function with
equivalent functionality). This option is disabled by
default.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1390,7 +1340,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
<link
linkend="thread.allocated"><mallctl>thread.allocated</mallctl></link>
mallctl. This is useful for avoiding the overhead of repeated
<function>mallctl*()</function> calls.</para></listitem>
<function>mallctl*<parameter/></function> calls.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="thread.deallocated">
@ -1417,7 +1367,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
<link
linkend="thread.deallocated"><mallctl>thread.deallocated</mallctl></link>
mallctl. This is useful for avoiding the overhead of repeated
<function>mallctl*()</function> calls.</para></listitem>
<function>mallctl*<parameter/></function> calls.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="thread.tcache.enabled">
@ -1468,8 +1418,8 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
can cause asynchronous string deallocation. Furthermore, each
invocation of this interface can only read or write; simultaneous
read/write is not supported due to string lifetime limitations. The
name string must be nil-terminated and comprised only of characters in
the sets recognized
name string must nil-terminated and comprised only of characters in the
sets recognized
by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>isgraph</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>isblank</refentrytitle>
@ -1517,7 +1467,7 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
<listitem><para>Flush the specified thread-specific cache (tcache). The
same considerations apply to this interface as to <link
linkend="thread.tcache.flush"><mallctl>thread.tcache.flush</mallctl></link>,
except that the tcache will never be automatically discarded.
except that the tcache will never be automatically be discarded.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1539,44 +1489,12 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
(<type>void</type>)
<literal>--</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Purge all unused dirty pages for arena &lt;i&gt;, or for
<listitem><para>Purge unused dirty pages for arena &lt;i&gt;, or for
all arenas if &lt;i&gt; equals <link
linkend="arenas.narenas"><mallctl>arenas.narenas</mallctl></link>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arena.i.decay">
<term>
<mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.decay</mallctl>
(<type>void</type>)
<literal>--</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Trigger decay-based purging of unused dirty pages for
arena &lt;i&gt;, or for all arenas if &lt;i&gt; equals <link
linkend="arenas.narenas"><mallctl>arenas.narenas</mallctl></link>.
The proportion of unused dirty pages to be purged depends on the current
time; see <link
linkend="opt.decay_time"><mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl></link> for
details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arena.i.reset">
<term>
<mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.reset</mallctl>
(<type>void</type>)
<literal>--</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Discard all of the arena's extant allocations. This
interface can only be used with arenas created via <link
linkend="arenas.extend"><mallctl>arenas.extend</mallctl></link>. None
of the arena's discarded/cached allocations may accessed afterward. As
part of this requirement, all thread caches which were used to
allocate/deallocate in conjunction with the arena must be flushed
beforehand. This interface cannot be used if running inside Valgrind,
nor if the <link linkend="opt.quarantine">quarantine</link> size is
non-zero.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arena.i.dss">
<term>
<mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.dss</mallctl>
@ -1605,22 +1523,6 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
for additional information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arena.i.decay_time">
<term>
<mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.decay_time</mallctl>
(<type>ssize_t</type>)
<literal>rw</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Current per-arena approximate time in seconds from the
creation of a set of unused dirty pages until an equivalent set of
unused dirty pages is purged and/or reused. Each time this interface is
set, all currently unused dirty pages are considered to have fully
decayed, which causes immediate purging of all unused dirty pages unless
the decay time is set to -1 (i.e. purging disabled). See <link
linkend="opt.decay_time"><mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl></link> for
additional information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arena.i.chunk_hooks">
<term>
<mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.chunk_hooks</mallctl>
@ -1855,21 +1757,6 @@ typedef struct {
for additional information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arenas.decay_time">
<term>
<mallctl>arenas.decay_time</mallctl>
(<type>ssize_t</type>)
<literal>rw</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Current default per-arena approximate time in seconds
from the creation of a set of unused dirty pages until an equivalent set
of unused dirty pages is purged and/or reused, used to initialize <link
linkend="arena.i.decay_time"><mallctl>arena.&lt;i&gt;.decay_time</mallctl></link>
during arena creation. See <link
linkend="opt.decay_time"><mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl></link> for
additional information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="arenas.quantum">
<term>
<mallctl>arenas.quantum</mallctl>
@ -2089,7 +1976,7 @@ typedef struct {
[<option>--enable-prof</option>]
</term>
<listitem><para>Average number of bytes allocated between
interval-based profile dumps. See the
inverval-based profile dumps. See the
<link
linkend="opt.lg_prof_interval"><mallctl>opt.lg_prof_interval</mallctl></link>
option for additional information.</para></listitem>
@ -2188,25 +2075,6 @@ typedef struct {
linkend="stats.resident"><mallctl>stats.resident</mallctl></link>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.retained">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.retained</mallctl>
(<type>size_t</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
[<option>--enable-stats</option>]
</term>
<listitem><para>Total number of bytes in virtual memory mappings that
were retained rather than being returned to the operating system via
e.g. <citerefentry><refentrytitle>munmap</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Retained virtual memory is
typically untouched, decommitted, or purged, so it has no strongly
associated physical memory (see <link
linkend="arena.i.chunk_hooks">chunk hooks</link> for details). Retained
memory is excluded from mapped memory statistics, e.g. <link
linkend="stats.mapped"><mallctl>stats.mapped</mallctl></link>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.arenas.i.dss">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.dss</mallctl>
@ -2233,19 +2101,6 @@ typedef struct {
for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.arenas.i.decay_time">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.decay_time</mallctl>
(<type>ssize_t</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
</term>
<listitem><para>Approximate time in seconds from the creation of a set
of unused dirty pages until an equivalent set of unused dirty pages is
purged and/or reused. See <link
linkend="opt.decay_time"><mallctl>opt.decay_time</mallctl></link>
for details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.arenas.i.nthreads">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.nthreads</mallctl>
@ -2287,18 +2142,6 @@ typedef struct {
<listitem><para>Number of mapped bytes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.arenas.i.retained">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.retained</mallctl>
(<type>size_t</type>)
<literal>r-</literal>
[<option>--enable-stats</option>]
</term>
<listitem><para>Number of retained bytes. See <link
linkend="stats.retained"><mallctl>stats.retained</mallctl></link> for
details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="stats.arenas.i.metadata.mapped">
<term>
<mallctl>stats.arenas.&lt;i&gt;.metadata.mapped</mallctl>
@ -2680,53 +2523,6 @@ typedef struct {
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="heap_profile_format">
<title>HEAP PROFILE FORMAT</title>
<para>Although the heap profiling functionality was originally designed to
be compatible with the
<command>pprof</command> command that is developed as part of the <ulink
url="http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/">gperftools
package</ulink>, the addition of per thread heap profiling functionality
required a different heap profile format. The <command>jeprof</command>
command is derived from <command>pprof</command>, with enhancements to
support the heap profile format described here.</para>
<para>In the following hypothetical heap profile, <constant>[...]</constant>
indicates elision for the sake of compactness. <programlisting><![CDATA[
heap_v2/524288
t*: 28106: 56637512 [0: 0]
[...]
t3: 352: 16777344 [0: 0]
[...]
t99: 17754: 29341640 [0: 0]
[...]
@ 0x5f86da8 0x5f5a1dc [...] 0x29e4d4e 0xa200316 0xabb2988 [...]
t*: 13: 6688 [0: 0]
t3: 12: 6496 [0: ]
t99: 1: 192 [0: 0]
[...]
MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
[...]]]></programlisting> The following matches the above heap profile, but most
tokens are replaced with <constant>&lt;description&gt;</constant> to indicate
descriptions of the corresponding fields. <programlisting><![CDATA[
<heap_profile_format_version>/<mean_sample_interval>
<aggregate>: <curobjs>: <curbytes> [<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
[...]
<thread_3_aggregate>: <curobjs>: <curbytes>[<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
[...]
<thread_99_aggregate>: <curobjs>: <curbytes>[<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
[...]
@ <top_frame> <frame> [...] <frame> <frame> <frame> [...]
<backtrace_aggregate>: <curobjs>: <curbytes> [<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
<backtrace_thread_3>: <curobjs>: <curbytes> [<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
<backtrace_thread_99>: <curobjs>: <curbytes> [<cumobjs>: <cumbytes>]
[...]
MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
</proc/<pid>/maps>]]></programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="debugging_malloc_problems">
<title>DEBUGGING MALLOC PROBLEMS</title>
<para>When debugging, it is a good idea to configure/build jemalloc with
@ -2736,7 +2532,7 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
of run-time assertions that catch application errors such as double-free,
write-after-free, etc.</para>
<para>Programs often accidentally depend on <quote>uninitialized</quote>
<para>Programs often accidentally depend on &ldquo;uninitialized&rdquo;
memory actually being filled with zero bytes. Junk filling
(see the <link linkend="opt.junk"><mallctl>opt.junk</mallctl></link>
option) tends to expose such bugs in the form of obviously incorrect
@ -2765,29 +2561,29 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
to override the function which emits the text strings forming the errors
and warnings if for some reason the <constant>STDERR_FILENO</constant> file
descriptor is not suitable for this.
<function>malloc_message()</function> takes the
<function>malloc_message<parameter/></function> takes the
<parameter>cbopaque</parameter> pointer argument that is
<constant>NULL</constant> unless overridden by the arguments in a call to
<function>malloc_stats_print()</function>, followed by a string
<function>malloc_stats_print<parameter/></function>, followed by a string
pointer. Please note that doing anything which tries to allocate memory in
this function is likely to result in a crash or deadlock.</para>
<para>All messages are prefixed by
<quote><computeroutput>&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </computeroutput></quote>.</para>
&ldquo;<computeroutput>&lt;jemalloc&gt;: </computeroutput>&rdquo;.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="return_values">
<title>RETURN VALUES</title>
<refsect2>
<title>Standard API</title>
<para>The <function>malloc()</function> and
<function>calloc()</function> functions return a pointer to the
<para>The <function>malloc<parameter/></function> and
<function>calloc<parameter/></function> functions return a pointer to the
allocated memory if successful; otherwise a <constant>NULL</constant>
pointer is returned and <varname>errno</varname> is set to
<errorname>ENOMEM</errorname>.</para>
<para>The <function>posix_memalign()</function> function
<para>The <function>posix_memalign<parameter/></function> function
returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise it returns an error value.
The <function>posix_memalign()</function> function will fail
The <function>posix_memalign<parameter/></function> function will fail
if:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -2806,11 +2602,11 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>The <function>aligned_alloc()</function> function returns
<para>The <function>aligned_alloc<parameter/></function> function returns
a pointer to the allocated memory if successful; otherwise a
<constant>NULL</constant> pointer is returned and
<varname>errno</varname> is set. The
<function>aligned_alloc()</function> function will fail if:
<function>aligned_alloc<parameter/></function> function will fail if:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorname>EINVAL</errorname></term>
@ -2827,44 +2623,44 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>The <function>realloc()</function> function returns a
<para>The <function>realloc<parameter/></function> function returns a
pointer, possibly identical to <parameter>ptr</parameter>, to the
allocated memory if successful; otherwise a <constant>NULL</constant>
pointer is returned, and <varname>errno</varname> is set to
<errorname>ENOMEM</errorname> if the error was the result of an
allocation failure. The <function>realloc()</function>
allocation failure. The <function>realloc<parameter/></function>
function always leaves the original buffer intact when an error occurs.
</para>
<para>The <function>free()</function> function returns no
<para>The <function>free<parameter/></function> function returns no
value.</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Non-standard API</title>
<para>The <function>mallocx()</function> and
<function>rallocx()</function> functions return a pointer to
<para>The <function>mallocx<parameter/></function> and
<function>rallocx<parameter/></function> functions return a pointer to
the allocated memory if successful; otherwise a <constant>NULL</constant>
pointer is returned to indicate insufficient contiguous memory was
available to service the allocation request. </para>
<para>The <function>xallocx()</function> function returns the
<para>The <function>xallocx<parameter/></function> function returns the
real size of the resulting resized allocation pointed to by
<parameter>ptr</parameter>, which is a value less than
<parameter>size</parameter> if the allocation could not be adequately
grown in place. </para>
<para>The <function>sallocx()</function> function returns the
<para>The <function>sallocx<parameter/></function> function returns the
real size of the allocation pointed to by <parameter>ptr</parameter>.
</para>
<para>The <function>nallocx()</function> returns the real size
<para>The <function>nallocx<parameter/></function> returns the real size
that would result from a successful equivalent
<function>mallocx()</function> function call, or zero if
<function>mallocx<parameter/></function> function call, or zero if
insufficient memory is available to perform the size computation. </para>
<para>The <function>mallctl()</function>,
<function>mallctlnametomib()</function>, and
<function>mallctlbymib()</function> functions return 0 on
<para>The <function>mallctl<parameter/></function>,
<function>mallctlnametomib<parameter/></function>, and
<function>mallctlbymib<parameter/></function> functions return 0 on
success; otherwise they return an error value. The functions will fail
if:
<variablelist>
@ -2900,13 +2696,13 @@ MAPPED_LIBRARIES:
<term><errorname>EFAULT</errorname></term>
<listitem><para>An interface with side effects failed in some way
not directly related to <function>mallctl*()</function>
not directly related to <function>mallctl*<parameter/></function>
read/write processing.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>The <function>malloc_usable_size()</function> function
<para>The <function>malloc_usable_size<parameter/></function> function
returns the usable size of the allocation pointed to by
<parameter>ptr</parameter>. </para>
</refsect2>
@ -2954,13 +2750,13 @@ malloc_conf = "lg_chunk:24";]]></programlisting></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="standards">
<title>STANDARDS</title>
<para>The <function>malloc()</function>,
<function>calloc()</function>,
<function>realloc()</function>, and
<function>free()</function> functions conform to ISO/IEC
9899:1990 (<quote>ISO C90</quote>).</para>
<para>The <function>malloc<parameter/></function>,
<function>calloc<parameter/></function>,
<function>realloc<parameter/></function>, and
<function>free<parameter/></function> functions conform to ISO/IEC
9899:1990 (&ldquo;ISO C90&rdquo;).</para>
<para>The <function>posix_memalign()</function> function conforms
to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (<quote>POSIX.1</quote>).</para>
<para>The <function>posix_memalign<parameter/></function> function conforms
to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (&ldquo;POSIX.1&rdquo;).</para>
</refsect1>
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