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authorDJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>2017-07-06 13:37:30 -0400
committerDJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>2017-07-06 13:37:30 -0400
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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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@@ -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