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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:04:27 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, jasone@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: jemalloc vs old allocator
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=NApROEYSBL_A1HFci3WTPgDAmjajnXRJeOBpSWpNtsA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120726143551.b2b0ce30.ray@freebsd.org>
References:  <20120726143551.b2b0ce30.ray@freebsd.org>

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Just as a note, ray@ compared jemalloc-HEAD with an older jemalloc.

I've just asked him to compare it to phkmalloc from -8. He'll
hopefully post those results soon.

Still, great work. :)



Adrian


On 26 July 2012 04:35, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I believe what Jason Evans done many test before commit jemalloc, but
> made by myself simple test for embedded environment. And get following
> results:
>
> 1. old malloc:
> Sum of RSS of userland programs: 28544K
>
> sysctl vm.vmtotal:
> System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes)
> ===============================================
> Processes:              (RUNQ: 1 Disk Wait: 1 Page Wait: 0 Sleep: 19)
> Virtual Memory:         (Total: 2372224K Active: 250316K)
> Real Memory:            (Total: 18096K Active: 11392K)
> Shared Virtual Memory:  (Total: 15824K Active: 5288K)
> Shared Real Memory:     (Total: 2644K Active: 2408K)
> Free Memory:    2192K
>
>
> 2. jemalloc with MALLOC_PRODUCTION:
> Sum of RSS of userland programs: 21196K
>
> sysctl vm.vmtotal:
> System wide totals computed every five seconds: (values in kilobytes)
> ===============================================
> Processes:              (RUNQ: 1 Disk Wait: 1 Page Wait: 0 Sleep: 19)
> Virtual Memory:         (Total: 2380988K Active: 257820K)
> Real Memory:            (Total: 19048K Active: 12144K)
> Shared Virtual Memory:  (Total: 16180K Active: 5392K)
> Shared Real Memory:     (Total: 2664K Active: 2392K)
> Free Memory:    2440K
>
> I check it on DIR-632(Atheros AR7242 with 32M RAM) between 10-20 mins
> of uptime. Device behave identical in both cases.
>
> So if "something" new take more memory than before, that "something" is
> not a jemalloc :)
>
> P.S. Many thanks to Jason for such great job!
>
> WBW
> --
> Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>



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