/src/google/malloc_extension.h
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- // Copyright (c) 2005, Google Inc.
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- //
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- //
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- // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- // ---
- // Author: Sanjay Ghemawat <opensource@google.com>
- //
- // Extra extensions exported by some malloc implementations. These
- // extensions are accessed through a virtual base class so an
- // application can link against a malloc that does not implement these
- // extensions, and it will get default versions that do nothing.
- //
- // NOTE FOR C USERS: If you wish to use this functionality from within
- // a C program, see malloc_extension_c.h.
- #ifndef BASE_MALLOC_EXTENSION_H_
- #define BASE_MALLOC_EXTENSION_H_
- #include <stddef.h>
- // I can't #include config.h in this public API file, but I should
- // really use configure (and make malloc_extension.h a .in file) to
- // figure out if the system has stdint.h or not. But I'm lazy, so
- // for now I'm assuming it's a problem only with MSVC.
- #ifndef _MSC_VER
- #include <stdint.h>
- #endif
- #include <string>
- #include <vector>
- // Annoying stuff for windows -- makes sure clients can import these functions
- #ifndef PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
- # ifdef _WIN32
- # define PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL __declspec(dllimport)
- # else
- # define PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL
- # endif
- #endif
- static const int kMallocHistogramSize = 64;
- // One day, we could support other types of writers (perhaps for C?)
- typedef std::string MallocExtensionWriter;
- namespace base {
- struct MallocRange;
- }
- // Interface to a pluggable system allocator.
- class SysAllocator {
- public:
- SysAllocator() {
- }
- virtual ~SysAllocator();
- // Allocates "size"-byte of memory from system aligned with "alignment".
- // Returns NULL if failed. Otherwise, the returned pointer p up to and
- // including (p + actual_size -1) have been allocated.
- virtual void* Alloc(size_t size, size_t *actual_size, size_t alignment) = 0;
- };
- // The default implementations of the following routines do nothing.
- // All implementations should be thread-safe; the current one
- // (TCMallocImplementation) is.
- class PERFTOOLS_DLL_DECL MallocExtension {
- public:
- virtual ~MallocExtension();
- // Call this very early in the program execution -- say, in a global
- // constructor -- to set up parameters and state needed by all
- // instrumented malloc implemenatations. One example: this routine
- // sets environemnt variables to tell STL to use libc's malloc()
- // instead of doing its own memory management. This is safe to call
- // multiple times, as long as each time is before threads start up.
- static void Initialize();
- // See "verify_memory.h" to see what these routines do
- virtual bool VerifyAllMemory();
- // TODO(csilvers): change these to const void*.
- virtual bool VerifyNewMemory(void* p);
- virtual bool VerifyArrayNewMemory(void* p);
- virtual bool VerifyMallocMemory(void* p);
- virtual bool MallocMemoryStats(int* blocks, size_t* total,
- int histogram[kMallocHistogramSize]);
- // Get a human readable description of the current state of the malloc
- // data structures. The state is stored as a null-terminated string
- // in a prefix of "buffer[0,buffer_length-1]".
- // REQUIRES: buffer_length > 0.
- virtual void GetStats(char* buffer, int buffer_length);
- // Outputs to "writer" a sample of live objects and the stack traces
- // that allocated these objects. The format of the returned output
- // is equivalent to the output of the heap profiler and can
- // therefore be passed to "pprof". This function is equivalent to
- // ReadStackTraces. The main difference is that this function returns
- // serialized data appropriately formatted for use by the pprof tool.
- // NOTE: by default, tcmalloc does not do any heap sampling, and this
- // function will always return an empty sample. To get useful
- // data from GetHeapSample, you must also set the environment
- // variable TCMALLOC_SAMPLE_PARAMETER to a value such as 524288.
- virtual void GetHeapSample(MallocExtensionWriter* writer);
- // Outputs to "writer" the stack traces that caused growth in the
- // address space size. The format of the returned output is
- // equivalent to the output of the heap profiler and can therefore
- // be passed to "pprof". This function is equivalent to
- // ReadHeapGrowthStackTraces. The main difference is that this function
- // returns serialized data appropriately formatted for use by the
- // pprof tool. (This does not depend on, or require,
- // TCMALLOC_SAMPLE_PARAMETER.)
- virtual void GetHeapGrowthStacks(MallocExtensionWriter* writer);
- // Invokes func(arg, range) for every controlled memory
- // range. *range is filled in with information about the range.
- //
- // This is a best-effort interface useful only for performance
- // analysis. The implementation may not call func at all.
- typedef void (RangeFunction)(void*, const base::MallocRange*);
- virtual void Ranges(void* arg, RangeFunction func);
- // -------------------------------------------------------------------
- // Control operations for getting and setting malloc implementation
- // specific parameters. Some currently useful properties:
- //
- // generic
- // -------
- // "generic.current_allocated_bytes"
- // Number of bytes currently allocated by application
- // This property is not writable.
- //
- // "generic.heap_size"
- // Number of bytes in the heap ==
- // current_allocated_bytes +
- // fragmentation +
- // freed memory regions
- // This property is not writable.
- //
- // tcmalloc
- // --------
- // "tcmalloc.max_total_thread_cache_bytes"
- // Upper limit on total number of bytes stored across all
- // per-thread caches. Default: 16MB.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.current_total_thread_cache_bytes"
- // Number of bytes used across all thread caches.
- // This property is not writable.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.pageheap_free_bytes"
- // Number of bytes in free, mapped pages in page heap. These
- // bytes can be used to fulfill allocation requests. They
- // always count towards virtual memory usage, and unless the
- // underlying memory is swapped out by the OS, they also count
- // towards physical memory usage. This property is not writable.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.pageheap_unmapped_bytes"
- // Number of bytes in free, unmapped pages in page heap.
- // These are bytes that have been released back to the OS,
- // possibly by one of the MallocExtension "Release" calls.
- // They can be used to fulfill allocation requests, but
- // typically incur a page fault. They always count towards
- // virtual memory usage, and depending on the OS, typically
- // do not count towards physical memory usage. This property
- // is not writable.
- // -------------------------------------------------------------------
- // Get the named "property"'s value. Returns true if the property
- // is known. Returns false if the property is not a valid property
- // name for the current malloc implementation.
- // REQUIRES: property != NULL; value != NULL
- virtual bool GetNumericProperty(const char* property, size_t* value);
- // Set the named "property"'s value. Returns true if the property
- // is known and writable. Returns false if the property is not a
- // valid property name for the current malloc implementation, or
- // is not writable.
- // REQUIRES: property != NULL
- virtual bool SetNumericProperty(const char* property, size_t value);
- // Mark the current thread as "idle". This routine may optionally
- // be called by threads as a hint to the malloc implementation that
- // any thread-specific resources should be released. Note: this may
- // be an expensive routine, so it should not be called too often.
- //
- // Also, if the code that calls this routine will go to sleep for
- // a while, it should take care to not allocate anything between
- // the call to this routine and the beginning of the sleep.
- //
- // Most malloc implementations ignore this routine.
- virtual void MarkThreadIdle();
- // Mark the current thread as "busy". This routine should be
- // called after MarkThreadIdle() if the thread will now do more
- // work. If this method is not called, performance may suffer.
- //
- // Most malloc implementations ignore this routine.
- virtual void MarkThreadBusy();
- // Gets the system allocator used by the malloc extension instance. Returns
- // NULL for malloc implementations that do not support pluggable system
- // allocators.
- virtual SysAllocator* GetSystemAllocator();
- // Sets the system allocator to the specified.
- //
- // Users could register their own system allocators for malloc implementation
- // that supports pluggable system allocators, such as TCMalloc, by doing:
- // alloc = new MyOwnSysAllocator();
- // MallocExtension::instance()->SetSystemAllocator(alloc);
- // It's up to users whether to fall back (recommended) to the default
- // system allocator (use GetSystemAllocator() above) or not. The caller is
- // responsible to any necessary locking.
- // See tcmalloc/system-alloc.h for the interface and
- // tcmalloc/memfs_malloc.cc for the examples.
- //
- // It's a no-op for malloc implementations that do not support pluggable
- // system allocators.
- virtual void SetSystemAllocator(SysAllocator *a);
- // Try to release num_bytes of free memory back to the operating
- // system for reuse. Use this extension with caution -- to get this
- // memory back may require faulting pages back in by the OS, and
- // that may be slow. (Currently only implemented in tcmalloc.)
- virtual void ReleaseToSystem(size_t num_bytes);
- // Same as ReleaseToSystem() but release as much memory as possible.
- virtual void ReleaseFreeMemory();
- // Sets the rate at which we release unused memory to the system.
- // Zero means we never release memory back to the system. Increase
- // this flag to return memory faster; decrease it to return memory
- // slower. Reasonable rates are in the range [0,10]. (Currently
- // only implemented in tcmalloc).
- virtual void SetMemoryReleaseRate(double rate);
- // Gets the release rate. Returns a value < 0 if unknown.
- virtual double GetMemoryReleaseRate();
- // Returns the estimated number of bytes that will be allocated for
- // a request of "size" bytes. This is an estimate: an allocation of
- // SIZE bytes may reserve more bytes, but will never reserve less.
- // (Currently only implemented in tcmalloc, other implementations
- // always return SIZE.)
- // This is equivalent to malloc_good_size() in OS X.
- virtual size_t GetEstimatedAllocatedSize(size_t size);
- // Returns the actual number N of bytes reserved by tcmalloc for the
- // pointer p. The client is allowed to use the range of bytes
- // [p, p+N) in any way it wishes (i.e. N is the "usable size" of this
- // allocation). This number may be equal to or greater than the number
- // of bytes requested when p was allocated.
- // p must have been allocated by this malloc implementation,
- // must not be an interior pointer -- that is, must be exactly
- // the pointer returned to by malloc() et al., not some offset
- // from that -- and should not have been freed yet. p may be NULL.
- // (Currently only implemented in tcmalloc; other implementations
- // will return 0.)
- // This is equivalent to malloc_size() in OS X, malloc_usable_size()
- // in glibc, and _msize() for windows.
- // TODO(csilvers): change to const void*.
- virtual size_t GetAllocatedSize(void* p);
- // Returns kOwned if this malloc implementation allocated the memory
- // pointed to by p, or kNotOwned if some other malloc implementation
- // allocated it or p is NULL. May also return kUnknownOwnership if
- // the malloc implementation does not keep track of ownership.
- // REQUIRES: p must be a value returned from a previous call to
- // malloc(), calloc(), realloc(), memalign(), posix_memalign(),
- // valloc(), pvalloc(), new, or new[], and must refer to memory that
- // is currently allocated (so, for instance, you should not pass in
- // a pointer after having called free() on it).
- enum Ownership {
- // NOTE: Enum values MUST be kept in sync with the version in
- // malloc_extension_c.h
- kUnknownOwnership = 0,
- kOwned,
- kNotOwned
- };
- virtual Ownership GetOwnership(const void* p);
- // The current malloc implementation. Always non-NULL.
- static MallocExtension* instance();
- // Change the malloc implementation. Typically called by the
- // malloc implementation during initialization.
- static void Register(MallocExtension* implementation);
- // Returns detailed information about malloc's freelists. For each list,
- // return a FreeListInfo:
- struct FreeListInfo {
- size_t min_object_size;
- size_t max_object_size;
- size_t total_bytes_free;
- const char* type;
- };
- // Each item in the vector refers to a different freelist. The lists
- // are identified by the range of allocations that objects in the
- // list can satisfy ([min_object_size, max_object_size]) and the
- // type of freelist (see below). The current size of the list is
- // returned in total_bytes_free (which count against a processes
- // resident and virtual size).
- //
- // Currently supported types are:
- //
- // "tcmalloc.page{_unmapped}" - tcmalloc's page heap. An entry for each size
- // class in the page heap is returned. Bytes in "page_unmapped"
- // are no longer backed by physical memory and do not count against
- // the resident size of a process.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.large{_unmapped}" - tcmalloc's list of objects larger
- // than the largest page heap size class. Only one "large"
- // entry is returned. There is no upper-bound on the size
- // of objects in the large free list; this call returns
- // kint64max for max_object_size. Bytes in
- // "large_unmapped" are no longer backed by physical memory
- // and do not count against the resident size of a process.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.central" - tcmalloc's central free-list. One entry per
- // size-class is returned. Never unmapped.
- //
- // "debug.free_queue" - free objects queued by the debug allocator
- // and not returned to tcmalloc.
- //
- // "tcmalloc.thread" - tcmalloc's per-thread caches. Never unmapped.
- virtual void GetFreeListSizes(std::vector<FreeListInfo>* v);
- // Get a list of stack traces of sampled allocation points. Returns
- // a pointer to a "new[]-ed" result array, and stores the sample
- // period in "sample_period".
- //
- // The state is stored as a sequence of adjacent entries
- // in the returned array. Each entry has the following form:
- // uintptr_t count; // Number of objects with following trace
- // uintptr_t size; // Total size of objects with following trace
- // uintptr_t depth; // Number of PC values in stack trace
- // void* stack[depth]; // PC values that form the stack trace
- //
- // The list of entries is terminated by a "count" of 0.
- //
- // It is the responsibility of the caller to "delete[]" the returned array.
- //
- // May return NULL to indicate no results.
- //
- // This is an internal extension. Callers should use the more
- // convenient "GetHeapSample(string*)" method defined above.
- virtual void** ReadStackTraces(int* sample_period);
- // Like ReadStackTraces(), but returns stack traces that caused growth
- // in the address space size.
- virtual void** ReadHeapGrowthStackTraces();
- };
- namespace base {
- // Information passed per range. More fields may be added later.
- struct MallocRange {
- enum Type {
- INUSE, // Application is using this range
- FREE, // Range is currently free
- UNMAPPED, // Backing physical memory has been returned to the OS
- UNKNOWN,
- // More enum values may be added in the future
- };
- uintptr_t address; // Address of range
- size_t length; // Byte length of range
- Type type; // Type of this range
- double fraction; // Fraction of range that is being used (0 if !INUSE)
- // Perhaps add the following:
- // - stack trace if this range was sampled
- // - heap growth stack trace if applicable to this range
- // - age when allocated (for inuse) or freed (if not in use)
- };
- } // namespace base
- #endif // BASE_MALLOC_EXTENSION_H_