An implementation of malloc() for Message-Passing Programs
- intended for allocating persistent state and temporaries of Message-Passing Programs
- does NOT support inter-thread malloc()/free(). To exchange messages between threads, a different (thread-aware) allocator is necessary (thread-aware one will be less efficient, but it won't be used much).
- testing shows it is very fast (when simulating real-world loads, outperforms tcmalloc at least 1.5x; for test results, see an article in upcoming Overload journal scheduled for Aug'18 issue).
- Uses cross-platform trickery (applies to most of MMU-enabled CPUs) which enables placing information into a dereferenceable pointer (see the same article for funny details).
- supports per-thread serialization (enables serializing thread/(Re)Actor state)
- we're working on optional support for guaranteed-memory-safe C++ (see https://github.com/node-dot-cpp/safe-memory project)
- Master branch contains supposedly-usable malloc()/free() (No Known Bugs)
- WIP: postponed free (necessary for memory-safe C++)
- WIP: allocator-level serialization
Clone this repository with modules
git clone --recursive https://github.com/node-dot-cpp/iibmalloc.git
Enter to the poject directory :
cd iibmalloc
To build library in Linux
Debug and Release version Run in console
cmake .
make
or
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
And you will get both debug and release library in iibmalloc/build/lib folder
If you want to build test_iibmalloc.bintest.bin just run in console
make test_iibmalloc.bin
If you want to build test_iibmalloc_d.bin just run in console
make test_iibmalloc_d.bin
All binaries will be located in iibmalloc/test/build/bin
Run tests
Run in console
make test
It must passed 8 tests.