Hi, On 2017/11/24 14:30, Yang Zhong wrote: > Since there are some issues in memory alloc/free machenism > in glibc for little chunk memory, if Qemu frequently > alloc/free little chunk memory, the glibc doesn't alloc > little chunk memory from free list of glibc and still > allocate from OS, which make the heap size bigger and bigger. > > This patch introduce malloc_trim(), which will free heap memory. > > Below are test results from smaps file. > (1)without patch > 55f0783e1000-55f07992a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] > Size: 21796 kB > Rss: 14260 kB > Pss: 14260 kB > > (2)with patch > 55cc5fadf000-55cc61008000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] > Size: 21668 kB > Rss: 6940 kB > Pss: 6940 kB > > Signed-off-by: Yang Zhong <yang.zh...@intel.com> > --- > configure | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > util/rcu.c | 6 ++++++ > 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/configure b/configure > index 0c6e757..6292ab0 100755 > --- a/configure > +++ b/configure > @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ vxhs="" > supported_cpu="no" > supported_os="no" > bogus_os="no" > +malloc_trim="yes" > > # parse CC options first > for opt do > @@ -3857,6 +3858,30 @@ if test "$tcmalloc" = "yes" && test "$jemalloc" = > "yes" ; then > exit 1 > fi > > +# Even if malloc_trim() is available, these non-libc memory allocators > +# do not support it. > +if test "$tcmalloc" = "yes" || test "$jemalloc" = "yes" ; then > + if test "$malloc_trim" = "yes" ; then > + echo "Disabling malloc_trim with non-libc memory allocator" > + fi > + malloc_trim="no" > +fi > + > +####################################### > +# malloc_trim > + > +if test "$malloc_trim" != "no" ; then > + cat > $TMPC << EOF > +#include <malloc.h> > +int main(void) { malloc_trim(0); return 0; } > +EOF > + if compile_prog "" "" ; then > + malloc_trim="yes" > + else > + malloc_trim="no" > + fi > +fi > + > ########################################## > # tcmalloc probe > > @@ -6012,6 +6037,10 @@ if test "$opengl" = "yes" ; then > fi > fi > > +if test "$malloc_trim" = "yes" ; then > + echo "CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM=y" >> $config_host_mak > +fi > + > if test "$avx2_opt" = "yes" ; then > echo "CONFIG_AVX2_OPT=y" >> $config_host_mak > fi > diff --git a/util/rcu.c b/util/rcu.c > index ca5a63e..f403b77 100644 > --- a/util/rcu.c > +++ b/util/rcu.c > @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ > #include "qemu/atomic.h" > #include "qemu/thread.h" > #include "qemu/main-loop.h" > +#if defined(CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM) > +#include <malloc.h> > +#endif > > /* > * Global grace period counter. Bit 0 is always one in rcu_gp_ctr. > @@ -272,6 +275,9 @@ static void *call_rcu_thread(void *opaque) > node->func(node); > } > qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(); > +#if defined(CONFIG_MALLOC_TRIM) > + malloc_trim(4 * 1024 * 1024); > +#endif > } > abort(); > } >
Looks like this patch introduces a performance regression. With this patch the time of booting a VM with 60 scsi disks on ARM64 is increased by 200+ seconds. Thanks, -- Shannon