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NAME

6       memkind_arena - jemalloc arena allocation memkind operations.
7       Note:  This  is EXPERIMENTAL API. The functionality and the header file
8       itself can be changed (including non-backward  compatible  changes)  or
9       removed.
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SYNOPSIS

12       int memkind_arena_create(struct memkind *kind, struct memkind_ops *ops,
13       const char *name); int memkind_arena_create_map(struct  memkind  *kind,
14       extent_hooks_t   *hooks);   int   memkind_arena_destroy(struct  memkind
15       *kind); void *memkind_arena_malloc(struct memkind *kind, size_t  size);
16       void  *memkind_arena_calloc(struct  memkind  *kind,  size_t num, size_t
17       size);  int  memkind_arena_posix_memalign(struct  memkind  *kind,  void
18       **memptr,  size_t  alignment,  size_t  size); void *memkind_arena_real‐
19       loc(struct   memkind   *kind,   void   *ptr,   size_t    size);    void
20       *memkind_arena_realloc_with_kind_detect(void  *ptr,  size_t  size); int
21       memkind_thread_get_arena(struct memkind  *kind,  unsigned  int  *arena,
22       size_t  size);  int  memkind_bijective_get_arena(struct  memkind *kind,
23       unsigned    int    *arena,     size_t     size);     struct     memkind
24       *get_kind_by_arena(unsigned       arena_ind);       struct      memkind
25       *memkind_arena_detect_kind(void   *ptr);    int    memkind_arena_final‐
26       ize(struct   memkind  *kind);  void  memkind_arena_init(struct  memkind
27       *kind); void memkind_arena_free(struct memkind *kind, void *ptr);  void
28       memkind_arena_free_with_kind_detect(void          *ptr);         size_t
29       memkind_arena_malloc_usable_size(void            *ptr);             int
30       memkind_arena_update_memory_usage_policy(struct      memkind     *kind,
31       memkind_mem_usage_policy   policy);   int    memkind_arena_enable_back‐
32       ground_threads(size_t threads_limit);
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DESCRIPTION

35       This  header  file is a collection of functions can be used to populate
36       the memkind operations structure for memory kinds that use jemalloc.
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38       memkind_arena_create() is an implementation  of  the  memkind  "create"
39       operation   for   memory   kinds   that   use   jemalloc.   This  calls
40       memkind_default_create()   (see   memkind_default(3))    followed    by
41       memkind_arena_create_map() described below.
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43       memkind_arena_create_map()  creates the arena_map array for the memkind
44       structure  pointed  to  by  kind  which   can   be   indexed   by   the
45       ops.get_arena()  function  from  the  kind's  operations.  If get_arena
46       points memkind_thread_get_arena() then there will be four  arenas  cre‐
47       ated  for  each  processor,  and  if get_arena points to memkind_bijec‐
48       tive_get_arena() then just one arena is created.
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50       memkind_arena_destroy() is an implementation of the  memkind  "destroy"
51       operation for memory kinds that use jemalloc.  This releases all of the
52       resources allocated by memkind_arena_create().
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54       memkind_arena_malloc() is an implementation  of  the  memkind  "malloc"
55       operation  for  memory  kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory
56       using the arenas created by memkind_arena_create() through  the  jemal‐
57       loc's  mallocx()  interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation
58       to select the arena.
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60       memkind_arena_calloc() is an implementation  of  the  memkind  "calloc"
61       operation  for  memory  kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory
62       using the arenas created by memkind_arena_create() through  the  jemal‐
63       loc's  mallocx()  interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation
64       to select the arena.
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66       memkind_arena_posix_memalign() is  an  implementation  of  the  memkind
67       "posix_memalign"  operation  for  memory kinds that use jemalloc.  This
68       allocates memory using the  arenas  created  by  memkind_arena_create()
69       through  the  jemalloc's  mallocx()  interface.   It  uses  the memkind
70       "get_arena" operation to select the arena.  The POSIX standard requires
71       that  posix_memalign(3)  may  not set errno however the jemalloc's mal‐
72       locx() routine may.  In an attempt to abide by the  standard  errno  is
73       recorded  before  calling jemalloc's mallocx() and then reset after the
74       call.
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76       memkind_arena_realloc() is an implementation of the  memkind  "realloc"
77       operation  for  memory  kinds that use jemalloc.  This allocates memory
78       using the arenas created by memkind_arena_create() through  the  jemal‐
79       loc's  mallocx()  interface.  It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation
80       to select the arena.
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82       memkind_arena_realloc_with_kind_detect() function will look up for kind
83       associated  to the allocated memory referenced by ptr and call (depend‐
84       ing on kind  value)  memkind_arena_realloc()  or  memkind_default_real‐
85       loc().
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87       memkind_thread_get_arena()  retrieves  the arena index that is bound to
88       to the calling thread based on a hash of  its  thread  ID.   The  arena
89       index  can be used with the MALLOCX_ARENA macro to set flags for jemal‐
90       loc's mallocx().
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92       memkind_bijective_arena_get_arena() retrieves the  arena  index  to  be
93       used  with  the  MALLOCX_ARENA  macro  to set flags for jemalloc's mal‐
94       locx().  Use of this operation implies that only one arena is used  for
95       the kind.
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97       memkind_arena_free()  is an implementation of the memkind "free" opera‐
98       tion for memory kinds that use jemalloc.  It causes the allocated  mem‐
99       ory referenced by ptr, which must have been returned by a previous call
100       to       memkind_arena_malloc(),       memkind_arena_calloc()        or
101       memkind_arena_realloc()  to  be  made available for future allocations.
102       It uses the memkind "get_arena" operation to select the arena.
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104       memkind_arena_free_with_kind_detect() function will look  up  for  kind
105       associated   to  the  allocated  memory  referenced  by  ptr  and  call
106       memkind_arena_free().
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108       memkind_arena_detect_kind() returns pointer to  memory  kind  structure
109       associated with given allocated memory referenced by ptr.
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111       get_kind_by_arena() returns pointer to memory kind structure associated
112       with given arena.
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114       memkind_arena_malloc_usable_size() is an implementation of the  memkind
115       "usable_size" operation for memory kinds that use jemalloc.
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117       memkind_arena_finalize() is an implementation of the memkind "finalize"
118       operation for memory kinds that use jemalloc.  This  function  releases
119       all  resources allocated by memkind_arena_create() and it's called when
120       main() finishes or after calling exit() function.
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122       memkind_arena_init() creates arena map with proper hooks per  specified
123       kind.
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125       memkind_arena_update_memory_usage_policy() function changes time, which
126       determine how fast jemalloc returns unused pages back to the  operating
127       system, in other words how fast it deallocates file space.
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129       memkind_arena_enable_background_threads()  enables  internal background
130       worker threads in jemalloc.  The threads_limit specify limit  of  back‐
131       ground threads which will be enabled ( 0 means no limit).
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134       Copyright (C) 2014 - 2019 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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SEE ALSO

137       memkind(3),   memkind_default(3),  memkind_hbw(3),  memkind_hugetlb(3),
138       memkind_pmem(3), jemalloc(3), mbind(2), mmap(2)
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