.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause

.\" Copyright (C) 2014 - 2020 Intel Corporation.

.\"

.TH "MEMKIND_ARENA" 3 "2015-04-21" "Intel Corporation" "MEMKIND_ARENA" \" -*- nroff -*-

.SH "NAME"

memkind_arena \- jemalloc arena allocation memkind operations.

.br

.BR Note:

This is EXPERIMENTAL API. The functionality and the header file itself can be changed (including non-backward compatible changes) or removed.

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.sp

.BI "int memkind_arena_create(struct memkind " "*kind" ", struct memkind_ops " "*ops" ", const char " "*name" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_create_map(struct memkind " "*kind" ", extent_hooks_t " "*hooks" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_destroy(struct memkind " "*kind" );

.BI "void *memkind_arena_malloc(struct memkind " "*kind" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "void *memkind_arena_calloc(struct memkind " "*kind" ", size_t " "num" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_posix_memalign(struct memkind " "*kind" ", void " "**memptr" ", size_t " "alignment" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "void *memkind_arena_realloc(struct memkind " "*kind" ", void " "*ptr" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "void *memkind_arena_realloc_with_kind_detect(void " "*ptr" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "int memkind_thread_get_arena(struct memkind " "*kind" ", unsigned int " "*arena" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "int memkind_bijective_get_arena(struct memkind " "*kind" ", unsigned int " "*arena" ", size_t " "size" );

.BI "struct memkind *get_kind_by_arena(unsigned " "arena_ind" );

.BI "struct memkind *memkind_arena_detect_kind(void " "*ptr" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_finalize(struct memkind " "*kind" );

.BI "void memkind_arena_init(struct memkind " "*kind" );

.BI "void memkind_arena_free(struct memkind " "*kind" ", void " "*ptr" );

.BI "void memkind_arena_free_with_kind_detect(void " "*ptr" );

.BI "size_t memkind_arena_malloc_usable_size(void " "*ptr" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_update_memory_usage_policy(struct memkind " "*kind" ", memkind_mem_usage_policy " "policy" );

.BI "int memkind_arena_enable_background_threads(size_t threads_limit);"

.br

.SH DESCRIPTION

This header file is a collection of functions can be used to populate

the memkind operations structure for memory kinds that use jemalloc.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

is an implementation of the memkind "create" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This calls

.BR memkind_default_create ()

(see

.BR memkind_default (3))

followed by

.BR memkind_arena_create_map ()

described below.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_create_map ()

creates the

.I arena_map

array for the memkind structure pointed to by

.IR kind

which can be indexed by the

.BR ops.get_arena ()

function from the kind's operations.  If get_arena points

.BR memkind_thread_get_arena ()

then there will be four arenas created for each processor,

and if get_arena points to

.BR memkind_bijective_get_arena ()

then just one arena is created.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_destroy ()

is an implementation of the memkind "destroy" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This releases all of the resources

allocated by

.BR memkind_arena_create ().

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_malloc ()

is an implementation of the memkind "malloc" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory using the arenas

created by

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

through the jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the

arena.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_calloc ()

is an implementation of the memkind "calloc" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory using the arenas

created by

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

through the jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the

arena.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_posix_memalign ()

is an implementation of the memkind "posix_memalign" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory using the arenas

created by

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

through the jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the

arena.  The POSIX standard requires that

.BR posix_memalign (3)

may not set

.I errno

however the jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

routine may.  In an attempt to abide by the standard

.I errno

is recorded before calling jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

and then reset after the call.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_realloc ()

is an implementation of the memkind "realloc" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory using the arenas

created by

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

through the jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ()

interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the

arena.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_realloc_with_kind_detect ()

function will look up for kind associated to the allocated memory referenced by

.I ptr

and call (depending on kind value)

.BR memkind_arena_realloc ()

or

.BR memkind_default_realloc ().

.PP

.BR memkind_thread_get_arena ()

retrieves the

.I arena

index that is bound to to the calling thread based on a hash of its

thread ID.  The

.I arena

index can be used with the MALLOCX_ARENA macro to set flags for jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ().

.PP

.BR memkind_bijective_arena_get_arena ()

retrieves the

.I arena

index to be used with the MALLOCX_ARENA macro to set flags for jemalloc's

.BR mallocx ().

Use of this operation implies that only one arena is used for the

.IR kind .

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_free ()

is an implementation of the memkind "free" operation for memory

kinds that use jemalloc.  It causes the allocated memory referenced by

.IR ptr ,

which must have been returned by a previous call to

.BR memkind_arena_malloc (),

.BR memkind_arena_calloc ()

or

.BR memkind_arena_realloc ()

to be made available for future allocations.

It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the arena.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_free_with_kind_detect ()

function will look up for kind associated to the allocated memory referenced by

.I ptr

and call

.BR memkind_arena_free ().

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_detect_kind ()

returns pointer to memory kind structure associated with given allocated memory referenced by

.IR ptr .

.PP

.BR get_kind_by_arena ()

returns pointer to memory kind structure associated with given arena.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_malloc_usable_size ()

is an implementation of the memkind "usable_size" operation for memory kinds that use jemalloc.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_finalize ()

is an implementation of the memkind "finalize" operation for memory kinds that

use jemalloc. This function releases all resources allocated by

.BR memkind_arena_create ()

and it's called when

.BR main ()

finishes or after calling

.BR exit ()

function.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_init ()

creates arena map with proper hooks per specified kind.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_update_memory_usage_policy ()

function changes time, which determine how fast jemalloc returns unused pages back to

the operating system, in other words how fast it deallocates file space.

.PP

.BR memkind_arena_enable_background_threads ()

enables internal background worker threads in jemalloc.

The

.I threads_limit

specify limit of background threads which will be enabled ( 0 means no limit).

.PP

.SH "COPYRIGHT"

Copyright (C) 2014 - 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR memkind (3),

.BR memkind_default (3),

.BR memkind_hbw (3),

.BR memkind_hugetlb (3),

.BR memkind_pmem (3),

.BR jemalloc (3),

.BR mbind (2),

.BR mmap (2)